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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Why should books be any different from other goods. Can you buy a steak in Safeway and eat it before deciding whether you should pay? If you go to a play or a movie, do they let you decide after viewing whether you will pay and how much?
Some ebook retailers will let you return an ebook, and also many offer previews. Add the many independent reviews available and it is easier to know whether a book is worth reading than most other merchandise.
Of course a lazy or greedy person might prefer to just take the book instead and pretend to themselves that they might pay some day if the book changes their lives. Not much chance of that I am afraid.
You have decided that all books (texts) should be free and I must ask who died and put you in charge?
Helen
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Well yes, you can eat a steak while shopping in the Safeway before you decide if you would like to purchase additional steaks (retention of longterm customers is more important than a single sale), that's just corporate policy...
I must ask you what benefit withholding a text from someone who may not be able to afford it accords? Should we not make sure that everyone is able to read whatever they wish to?