Fictionwise says geo-problem with already-downloaded books was a bug
That’s the word to Ficbot in Fictionwise’s e-mail. Quote from Steve Pendergrast, CTO: “There does appear to be a bug which is now fixed, that caused some prior purchases to have download problems. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. There was never any intent to deny past purchases from being downloaded, it was simply a programming error.” Great, but why didn’t Fictionwise communicate earlier?
Anyone still having trouble with already-downloaded books? Of course any fix still won’t solve the basic issue—the continued existence of geo-restrictions, period. Hello, publishers and literary agents? When are you going to fix that?
Related: Fictionwise forced to impose geo-restrictions on ALREADY-bought book? Lit agents unwittingly promoting piracy? and Fictionwise backing down a bit on geo-ban—for some customers’ already-bought books?
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