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Old 03-02-2019, 03:35 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by tch65721 View Post
Buyer beware. I already owned this in kindle format and Amazon didn't warn me. This is happening more and more often. I really have to check my book list EVERY time because you really cannot count on Amazon to warn you. They used to... but no more.
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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8 View Post
So, if you buy a book that you already have, do you end up with _two_ in your library???? It seems that just recently Amazon wouldn't _allow_ a customer to have more than one copy!
If the edition is the same, Amazon won't let you buy it a second time. The orange 'Buy now with 1-Click' button will instead be a green 'Read Now' button and there will be a banner across the top saying 'You purchased this book on January 1st, 2017' or somesuch.

The problem comes when a publisher relists the book, perhaps there's a new introduction or what-have-you. The ISBN changes and to Amazon, that's a new book.

I thought Shōgun went on sale just recently. I checked all my Kindle books and didn't have any by James Clavell, so I'm glad this was spotted.
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