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One thing he's right about is the temptation to keep tinkering with the book will be too high given the ease. The reader doesn't need to ask for an update, it can be pushed to the device automatically.
In the movies world, we have the theatrical cut, the extended cut, the director's cut, the definitive director's cut, the 30th anniversary cut. With ebooks, the cost of producing different editions is nearly nil. We could have n-word free huck Finn, or more creationist friendly science books to appease the local parents. Or authors deleting embarrassingly off predictions.
Btw I read his novel Freedom on the kindle.
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