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Originally Posted by pdurrant
It depends. If they issue the new version as an update to the existing edition, you'll be asked whether you want the new version when it becomes available. If they issue the new version as a new edition, you'd need to buy it again.
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Yes, but this really depends on the publisher. As an example, I bought the Longman Dictionary of English Language (LDOCE) through Mobipocket years ago. It was the 3rd edition. After several years, when I wanted to activate that dictionary on my new palmtop (which required a re-download) I was surprised to see that instead of the old one I received the fresh 5th edition. Later I re-downloaded my dictionary also to the Mobipocket Reader on my PC and it was again the new version. I guess Longman decided to replace the 3rd edition in Mobipocket Store with 5th one as a courtesy to the readers.