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Originally Posted by CyGuy
This whole pay-per-read is just so much nonsense.
If one member of a family purchases an ebook why in the world would they purchase copy 2 and copy 3 in order to loan it to another family member to read? That is simply illogical, it just does not add up. How can something so simple and so obvious be lost on so many? Has common sense gone the way of the Dodo? Are we destined to be a country of the corp, by the corp, and for the corp? Seriously, where did everyone go?
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And yet even a small company like Smashwords (13 employees) states such in their TOS. I confirmed it with them in writing. If another family member wants to read, they must purchase their own copy or borrow your device. This is in exchange for DRM-free and reasonable pricing on their offerings.