Rick MonroFeb 4, 2023

Discovered during the week I was unable to access a Kindle book purchased in 2013. Reason? The order was “too old”, and refund issued to buy again. Which was pointless as the book is now more expensive than when I bought it.

Subsequently discovered 66(!!) other ebooks no longer available for download.

Currently 40 minutes in to a support chat with Amazon.

About to learn, I think, whether we purchase ebooks, or rent them…

[Edit: documenting progress in this thread https://mastodon.online/@monro/109812445178130161]

Rick Monro (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image The problem first appeared last week, when I attempted to open a book on my Kindle. The book cover appeared in my Library as normal. When I tapped on it, the following message appeared:

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Show threadRick MonroFeb 4, 2023

Outcome after 1 hour: I need to repurchase each book, then reclaim from Amazon.

Tech. Nol. O. Gy.

Show threadlevampyre
@monro How many of the books are "out of print"/unavailable now? Physical books can get lost, too. Had several in my library from the early 1900s that got lost during the war. But 2013 is really not that far away.
Feb 5, 2023 at 8:35amWeb
Show threadRick MonroFeb 5, 2023
@levampyre All still available as far as I can tell… just not in my own library 😞
Show threadArneBabFeb 5, 2023

@levampyre According to a EU court ruling, you are also not allowed to re-sell ebooks, so once they go out of "print", they are completely removed from circulation.

Underhanded preparation for digital book-burning.

https://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?nat=or&mat=or&pcs=Oor&jur=C%2CT%2CF&num=C-263%252F18&for=&jge=&dates=&language=en&pro=&cit=none%252CC%252CCJ%252CR%252C2008E%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252C%252Ctrue%252Cfalse%252Cfalse&oqp=&td=%3BALL&avg=&lgrec=en&page=1&text=C%25E2%2580%2591263%252F18&lg=&cid=1741676

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