Weltbild insolvency: Purchased e-books must be secured
The insolvency of Weltbild also affects buyers of e-books: in order to continue to have access to the books, they must act by August 31.
E-books from Weltbild can be uploaded to the Tolino Cloud via a detour even after the end of business operations.
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Anyone who has bought e-books for their Tolino from the insolvent company Weltbild has until August 31 to back them up. Weltbild will then cease its business operations. Buyers of e-books and audiobooks must save their content locally to avoid losing it.
Weltbild published a notice to this effect on its website last week. Users should download their e-books and audiobooks to their PC via the Tolino web reader by August 31 and save them there so that they can access them even after the insolvency. Optionally, these locally stored e-books can then also be downloaded to the Tolino Cloud via the Tolino Webreader, Weltbild recommends.
Instructions and FAQ
In a separate FAQ, Weltbild writes that content that has not been backed up can no longer be downloaded after August 31. There you will also find detailed instructions on the necessary steps: Users must first call up the Tolino web reader in the browser and log in.
Users then log in with their Weltbild customer account and find their content under "My books" and "My audiobooks". The files stored there can be downloaded individually via the three dots below the title image and saved locally on the PC.
Finally, Weltbild recommends uploading the files to the Tolino Cloud so that they can be downloaded from there to tablets, cell phones and e-readers. To do this, you need to register with an alternative bookseller in the Tolino web reader and log in with their customer account. From there, you can access a menu to download your files to the Tolino Cloud.
Weltbild filed for insolvency on June 10, but the search for an investor failed. According to Wirtschaftswoche, book retailer Thalia, which once founded the Tolino brand with Weltbild, now wants to take over Weltbild's books, e-books and e-readers product division.
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