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Originally Posted by crasspumpkins
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The answer here is to not register with Kobo at all. Not even to buy books.
Refusing to give Kobo access to the system will ensure that Kobo doesn't delete paid-for books. It's easy to transfer books paid for on other platforms. Odessa is familiar with Calibre.
To meet these conditions, the solution I mentioned will work. There is no requirement for an individual to buy books from Kobo, which has a suboptimal privacy policy. Unfortunately, I don't know of an ebook vendor with anything like a reasonable policy. The best option, I'd say, is going to be buying from indie ebook sellers (booshop.org, etc) or directly from the publisher. Smaller outfits won't be as clever with your data.
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You just don't get it. The OP wants to buy eBooks. So you have to give some information in order to do so no matter which the store. Kobo doesn't delete paid for eBooks. I don't know where that information came from, but it's incorrect.
Buying direct from the publisher can get you into trouble. In another post someone bought directly from one of the big publishers and ended up with an eBook that only worked with Glose and that's just a waste of money.
Buying from an indie eBook seller only works if the store has what you want.
I see no reason not to buy from Kobo. I've never lost any eBooks and I've not had an issue with privacy.