I've never gone for the "buy this, we donate to that" deals. I buy what I want at the best price I can get, and if I want to donate to some charity, I write them a check. It's just a different form of greenwashing (or, given the Susan G. Komen foundation, pinkwashing?) and it's for the benefit of the corporation, not the charity, in the long run.
If I want to donate to my public library, I'll donate to my public library, not hope that they get a few pennies off of overpriced, DRM-restricted ebook purchases. That way, we both win.
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