They’re showing a UK edition. British books arent generally available in the US or vice versa when a domestic edition is available.
Comment on The book I borrowed and was reading became unavailable in the US *while I was reading it*
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah I’m gonna guess it’s based on whatever service you are using losing distribution rights to it, because the book is available in the US pretty much everywhere.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 day ago
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Note the pull quote at the top is attributed to The Times. This is the current UK edition cover.
northernlights@lemmy.today 1 day ago
My local library 😪
adarza@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
well, then it would be your borrowing time ran out, perhaps, and the app just said ‘screw you’ instead of offering a check-out renewal
snoons@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Ohhh don’t tell anyone but I get all my ebooks from my cities library with Calibre. There’s an extension you can add that removes the drm (afaicr it was made by the same guy that created drm) and now you have the full ebook.
northernlights@lemmy.today 1 day ago
I know ;)
I still want to give the author money for an excellent book though. I’ll find a way to buy it.