It's a rights issue. The magazine buys the right to publish the stories in a magazine, which is available for a limited period, rather than for a book.
The good thing about buying your subscription at fictionwise is that the issues you get in your subscription stay on your bookshelf, even though they're not available to buy any more.
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Originally Posted by BinaryTB
As an aside, anybody know why old backissues aren't available? They're ebook form, you'd think they'd have all of them for sale.
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