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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
I just had my first experience with our glorious digital future. I checked the Kobo store to see if one of the books I bought was still on sale, and not only was it not on sale anymore, but it wasn't available at all. It's been replaced by another edition. This got me wondering how Kobo would handle the book I bought: would it disappear, be silently replaced by the new edition, or still be available?
From a practical standpoint it didn't matter to me, as I decrypted the book the moment I bought it, so Kobo can never take my purchase away from me. Still, I wanted to know if Kobo would have the integrity to preserve the exact item I purchased. I checked my account, and the original book was indeed present and available for download, so Kobo passed the test, at least for now.
When I started buying e-books, I expected that some of them would disappear from the storefront over the years as distribution deals expired, but I wasn't expecting to be reminded of the impermanence of virtual goods less than a month after my first purchase!  |
Happened to me with paper books all the time. They constantly went out of print and I had to hunt for an used copy (difficult to do from another country) or just drop the intention to read that specific book.