PSA: Availability of eBooks over time

[Ryan]

Recently I wiped my kindle keyboard with a factory reset so that it'd be clean and fast loading during a long train trip I'm taking soon.

As a result, I'm having to manually reload my collection(s) through Amazon's "Manage Your Content and Devices".

While going through all my books, every so often, I click on "View Product Page" to see if that Author has released new books in the series.

Several times, I've found that the book is no longer available -- I've tried searching Amazon with the author name and title; and gotten no results.

But because I bought the book, it's still stored on Amazon's cloud for me, despite the unavailability to the general public.

This is why, if you run across an independently published book that looks kind of interesting from the preview; you should buy it as soon as possible; it might still be available to buy two years from now, or the author might just take it down next month.

It's just one of those things we need to get used to in this brave new world of electronic self-publishing.

[Howard]

Another idea is to take advantage of the Kindle reading app for PC/MAC/Android and keep back-up copies on those devices. While Amazon is pretty good about keeping its word on things, having a back up of some especially precious titles gives an added measure of safety for your e-book collection.

[Tracy]

Huh. Good to know!

[DL]

Yes, good to know!