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Old 03-28-2018, 08:09 AM   #4534
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Originally Posted by Jo69 View Post
I have another problem
The fact that as I sometimes buy from kindle, I now find I have 3 or 4 books identical, with different titles!
How do they get away with that?
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
I suggest asking for a refund for the later (or earlier) copies. My guess would be that these are self-published, and Amazon have no control over what the self-publishers do in terms of uploading content with new names.
It happens with some legit smaller publishers, too, although Amazon really discourages it. What's happening is that instead of re-uploading the changed book, the publisher (or author) takes the old one down and republishes the new version. That results in the new edition getting assigned a different ASIN, all the links breaking, the purchase history getting reset, and other fun stuff... which is why Amazon decrees it a Not Do.

In other words, the reason Amazon doesn't tell you that you've already bought it is that so far as their system can tell, they're two completely different books. Different ASINs, y'see.
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