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Originally Posted by issybird
Welp, I’ll offer the alternative POV. Right now, the overwhelming majority of my books have been purchased from Kobo or Amazon, and I’m not all that worried about accessing them. And in regard to my purchase history, all of my Fictionwise books are at B&N, all of my Borders books are at Kobo, most of my Sony books are at Kobo, i.e., most of them are accessible. I just can’t get that exercised about it.
As for Kobo, it’s true that they announced at one point that they were going to cut off access to PDF purchases, and I did have some - I bought them because they were cheaper than the ePub/kepub (more fool me; at least that’s a lesson learned). But in the grand scheme, when I think about all the ebooks I’ve bought and how the overwhelming majority are still available to me, it’s a powerful argument to let it go. Even more so, now that there are so many fewer purveyors.
Ι figure the worst worst case scenario still gives me notice, and in the short to medium term, neither Amazon nor Kobo is going anywhere. Essentially, I’d rather be reading than fiddling.
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I don't bother either. I occasionally will backup my books but not every purchase. I haven't lost any books I paid for either despite using ebooks for over a decade. The only books I've "lost" is some freebie books I got from Kobo back when they were called Shortcovers. Like you I don't expect Amazon or Kobo to disappear overnight with no warning.
I use an Android eReader so I can just easily switch between the appropriate companies apps so I don't even need to sideload some books on. It also works for stuff I can't remove DRM for and wouldn't be able to read on a device like a Kobo at all anyways.