Thread: How long before we see a LIMIT on the number of reads we are "allowed"
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Old 03-13-2011, 07:57 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by JeremyR View Post

I actually would love to see something like that come to e-books. I won't pay $9.99 for an e-book, but I would pay 99 cents to rent a book for one read.
I think you're being wildly optimistic there. The whole thing would be a pointless exercise unless they were charging 9.99 for the "rental". The vast majority of people will only read a book once anyway, so charging them 0.99 would mean a massive drop in profits.
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