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$25 discount isn't enough discount to interest me
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Glad you're rich . $25 is $25, and there are lot of college students and starving artists who will jump on this.
This is just the thin edge of the wedge. I think we will see ad-supported books soon . You get a free or discounted book with ads. Want to get rid of the ads, click on the upgrade link.
Initially, my reaction to the idea of ad supported books was "UGH!" but then I remembber that my comic books way back when had ads (remember Charles Atlas, Mac and his obnoxious girlfriend?) Magazines have always had ads , and of coourse there are ad supported video games.
And what do you know, there is this:
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A Spanish startup called 24symbols is launching this summer with the promise to do just that: provide a subscription service and become the "Spotify for e-books." (Much like Spotify, 24symbols won't be available at launch in the U.S.)
24symbols will offer an ad-supported and a subscription-based access to e-books, the latter running about 10€ per month. The books are all DRM-free, but 24symbols is entirely cloud-based. In other words, books are streamed, not downloaded for reading.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives...6fed016101ab,0
I think we'll see Amazon follow the Spanish startup in short order. Fasten your seat belts...