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Originally Posted by thorn
@wvcherrybomb: i've been wondering about amazon and the free books. at first i was thinking that they did a lot of that because it really doesn't cost them much and it's a good way to promote the technology. now i'm wondering whether amazon doesn't learn a lot about us, our tastes and what we are and aren't willing to pay for, from our free downloads.
it has never bothered me that amazon knows so much about my reading tastes; in fact i generally find it more helpful than not. i just got wondering.
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I'm sure Amazon does reap the benefit of the freebies in that way. It doesn't bother me either. I like having things recommended for me.
But, as ProfCrash said, the publishers are the ones who offer the freebies and they are generally free from other other places, in other formats, as well.
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
The Publishers are the ones who put up the free books.
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Yep, what she said.
