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Major Problems with this...
As I college student myself, I see major problems with this.

1) It still costs to much. I can get used books for between 50% - 33% off.
2) Even if I buy a new book, I can sell it to some under classman for half and save more than this does for me.
3) Adobe's format is not readily annotated (with searchable ink, like on a table PC).
4) Expires after 150 days!?! There are some course combos that use the same book for multiple semesters.
5) If I decide not to sell my used book, which I got for 50% off, I can keep it and refer to it again and again. I can give it to my to-be kids, if I want.
6) Only usable on one computer: I know lots of people who have both a desktop AND a laptop AND a PDA. Why can't they read the e-book on all of them?
7) Cannot print it. With a real book, I can make a photocopy of a page and do with it what I want (write on it, share it, etc.)

The only benefits I can see is reduced weight and searchabality. However, hardly anyone actually carries the book to and from class. Usually, it lives in the room. And, most text books have good indices, so searchabality is not such a change, after all.
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33% off?  voska | 08/09/05
more bad news  specialk_z | 08/09/05
But wait, there's more  tic swayback | 08/09/05
I tried selling back a english text book  voska | 08/09/05
i remember those same things  Monkey_MCSE | 08/09/05
Not so much a racket  tic swayback | 08/09/05
Re: Not so much a racket  criderja | 08/10/05
Never, ever, ever  woot! | 08/10/05
Don't sell to the bookstore  tic swayback | 08/09/05
Yeah, wish Ebay had exist when I was in college  voska | 08/10/05
Why not  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/09/05
I'd wait for the hack to come out  jfp | 08/09/05
I'll take a pass on that..  d_jedi | 08/09/05
Univ of Phoenix uses it too  bgiesler@... | 08/09/05
Yeah, well, UoP  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/09/05
Are these idiots *serious*?  sehlat@... | 08/09/05
Project Gutenberg  jhsnider | 08/09/05
Welcome to even more comoditization of  Linux User 147560 | 08/09/05
WTF is wrong with you people?  vdraken | 08/10/05
Why are we not allowed to comment?  tic swayback | 08/10/05
I'd rather get the paper version  CobraA1 | 08/09/05
Second Hand Market  Morosoph | 08/10/05
This is a ripoff!  Uncoveror | 08/10/05
Co-op  Otto_Delete | 08/10/05
That's kind of illegal  tic swayback | 08/10/05
True, but what isn't?  MikeZD | 08/17/05
Re: Co-op  Uncoveror | 08/10/05
Sharing is certainly different from duplicating (nt)  tic swayback | 08/10/05
The Right To Read  ab@... | 08/10/05
First stop for an ebook should be  Update victim | 08/10/05
Not much of a solution  tic swayback | 08/10/05
How about digital books w/out expiration?  Perse | 08/10/05
Greed and fear  tic swayback | 08/10/05
Just 33%?  Centered | 08/13/05
"Intellectual Property" and the like  20075880200550981536805084989909-zdavis | 08/21/05
Pain in the Rear  simpsop | 08/11/05
DVD Jon  Boot_Agnostic | 08/11/05
e-books  Dr_Zinj | 08/15/05
Major Problems with this...  c45207 | 10/03/05
Is this possible also at universities in other countries?  marius_BinSols | 01/18/06

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