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Old 03-28-2008, 12:33 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
A statement that, in itself, makes little sense, since someone who reads the e-book doesn't necessarily go out and buy the print version of the book. It's also no help to those authors who only release e-books, and do not (like Tor) consider e-books as mere advertising tools... not many people are going to read a free e-book, then go out and buy the same e-book.
The reasoning was that one reader will talk with other readers that will buy the book. So it made perfect sense. And it would be true for e-books also because most people want to pay for things.
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