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Old 03-06-2023, 09:48 PM   #1748
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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
How is turning off the automatic updates (for books!!!!) crippling your ereader? If the rights holder decides they won't sell the old version any longer, and only sell a new, edited version, then there is nothing you can do about it. You don't have the right to purchase the old version, unless you find a second hand paper book. With ebooks there is no such thing as second hand. If you purchased the old version, and you want to keep it, turn off automatic updates.
Not all updates are bad. There are enough typos etc. that getting updates is usually a good things.

Since I don't use a kindle, I don't know how fine grained the updates are. Can you turn it of for a single book? If so, how would you know which ones to turn it off for?

If I purchased a good copy and then saved it to my private library, then if/when the vendor "fixes" it with a censored version, I still have what I bought.
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