Waterstones customers losing access to some of their books
I always download and keep a local copy of all my eBooks from any source, which would prevent a situation such as this, but this still sucks:
Just got this email from Waterstones UK:
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In order to improve the eBooks service that we are able to offer you on Waterstones.com, we are making a small change behind the scenes. This change will result in some lower eBook prices and a wider range of titles for you to choose between, however, some of the eBooks that you have bought in the past will no longer be available for you to download.Our records show that you have some of the affected titles available in your Waterstones Digital Order History, so if you haven’t downloaded these to your computer already, please do so as soon as possible. Please note, when you view your order history only the eBooks with a green ‘Download now’ button (shown below) will be affected by this change, so there is no need to download other eBooks and Audio Downloads from your account immediately.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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I always download and keep a local copy of all my eBooks from any source, which would prevent a situation such as this, but this still sucks: