You Don't Own Your eBooks...
We have mentioned this before, but perhaps the explanation of an independent industry voice presents the details more succinctly. Yes, you heard correctly: you do not own the ebooks that you have purchased anywhere. There is next to nothing that authors, publishers, or readers can do about this, but dispelling misinformation in self-publishing is always best.
We prefer not to send our visitors elsewhere, but… Read this semi-recent article by Michael Kozlowski at the The GoodReader site.
—Jacqueline