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Just wait until the publishing companies figure out how much money they are loosing at the book stores by not charging you when you flip through a book!

Seriously, I think this is a good step in the right direction. However, I think the pricing model should be based on how many pages are in the book. This way someone cannot just read the book for free over the net. If you read the first 2 chapter of War and Peace, then you would be charged what?? 2 cents?

If they did read the whole book then they would end up paying the full cover price. Does this sound fair? I doubt it will ever happen because it actually makes sense.

Posted by: crjunk   Posted on: 11/04/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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