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Old 12-09-2008, 02:54 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by rhadin View Post
It is only added value if you are interested in the type of information commentary provided, as HarryT is. But even then, I question whether it is worth the price because you still can't share it with anyone. That is the primary difference, to my mind, between enhanced value DVDs and enhanced value ebooks: the DVDs can reside in my bookcase in a nice container and I can lend it to my friends; the ebook can't. At best the enhancements aren't worth more than $1 to me -- and not really even that -- as long as they are DRM laden.
rhadin, e-books can be shared quite easily between a group of friends if they have e-readers. In my circle of friends and family there are now 4 (soon to be 5) with e-readers. We can each buy the e-boks we want, read them and then physically swap the device. It becomes no different from swapping print books.

Harry, perhaps penguin should make it very clear on there site just what the enhancements are. I am not sure that I would pay the extra for this, but I can understand that many would.

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