B&N and Kobo stomping on user ability to download books

[annathepiper]

I’ve been noticing lately that Kobo has been stomping on the ability to download certain books from user libraries-and at first I thought this was simply a passing glitch. But then I started noticing it happen on books where it was particularly puzzling, i.e., releases from Tor.com. Which are DRM-free and which should not have any restrictions

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[tavella]

Wow, that's super-annoying. The only reason I brought at B&N instead of Amazon was because I could download the epub and store it locally. Guess that's over.

[annathepiper]

I'm hearing reports that Kobo is now claiming that they're addressing a "bug" in their system and are committed to allowing users to back up and download their books. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

Source: this post on Dear Author, user Kaetrin responding to me down in the comment thread.