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Steven Lyle Jordan · 12-04-2009, 11:03 AM

This doesn't surprise me. It's another version of the strategy to tie the e-book to a physical container of some kind--in this case, the delivered package. I wonder: If something happened to your e-book or laptop, and you'd thrown away your package, would you have to buy the book again? Hopefully not...

I see on their website that the e-book is non-returnable, even if not installed on your PC...

Apparently you have to create an account of fairly detailed info in order to use the book, obviously to prevent others from accessing the same book.

12-04-2009, 11:03 AM	#8
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	This doesn't surprise me. It's another version of the strategy to tie the e-book to a physical container of some kind--in this case, the delivered package. I wonder: If something happened to your e-book or laptop, and you'd thrown away your package, would you have to buy the book again? Hopefully not... I see on their website that the e-book is non-returnable, even if not installed on your PC... Apparently you have to create an account of fairly detailed info in order to use the book, obviously to prevent others from accessing the same book. Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 12-04-2009 at 11:07 AM.