Thread: Disappearing ebook editions?
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Old 04-07-2022, 09:09 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
Most of the books appear to be available on ebooks.com (thanks for the suggestion JSWolf) and on Amazon AU (and not just Kindle Unlimited). So at this point it looks like a Kobo-specific thing. I've had other books disappear, it's just the magnitude of this event that stood out - my Wishlist is now 5 pages shorter than it was!

Given that the ebook editions remain available elsewhere, maybe this is some temporary glitch with Kobo and they might return ... time will tell I guess.
It could be a mistake in which case asking Kobo would be a good idea.

But, it could be the publisher related. Whether that is the publisher withdrawing the book from Kobo AU, a mistake by the publisher, or the author changing publisher I don't know. When I looked at the list via the ebooks link above, most of the books mentioned are from either Transworld or Penguin Random House Children's UK. While there are still books from Transworld at Kobo, something might be changing. The books by Eoin Colfer that are still at Kobo AU are published by HarperCollins, which does suggest it is publisher related.

Doing a search in another country can also show something. Traditionally, Australia gets the UK edition from the Australian branch of the UK publisher. That still seems to happen with ebooks. The books I looked for are missing from Kobo UK. Kobo US has them but from a different publisher. Again, that suggests something is happening with the publisher.

If it is the publisher, you could ask them. If they made a mistake, hopefully it will prompt them to fix it.
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