[DesertRhino]

If you do not own a paper hardcopy, you do not own that book.

[ransomnote]

At the link, it explains you can download a copy for back up to your hard drive, until Feb 26.

[Angelino97]

If you do not own a paper hardcopy, you do not own that book.

You do if you download free ebooks from sites like Archive.org or PlanetPublish.com or Gutenberg.org

1. Never connect your Kindle to WiFi.

2. Download the ebook onto your computer.

3. Connect the Kindle (via USB) to your computer.

4. Drag & drop the ebook onto your Kindle.

Yours for life. Free of charge. Read privately.

[Ge0ffrey]

Yes, you do, if you download by February 26.

[GOPJ]

Hard copy books are great but they take up a lot of space and you don’t have a built in dictionary and Wikipedia... or a way to translate foreign phrases. That said, real book are comforting ... something real about them

[Sirius Lee]

If you do not own a paper hardcopy, you do not own that book.

Correct. I dicked around with a Nook for a while, but went back to hardcovers. Still buy CDs and DVDs as well. Streaming is useless if you like the classics.