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Originally Posted by mdp
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The goal and main idea in fact would be, that property of the text shall allow for the legitimacy of obtaining its file format. Meaning more clearly, that when one buys a paper-based book in a bookstore, they can later also download the electronic version.
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One publisher that provides such service is, for example, the Pixel series from publisher Egea (Bocconi University) in Italy: each printed item contains a unique code covered by silver paint to be scratched, and that code can be used to anonymously download the electronic version from the publisher's website.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Sorry, but you are not entitled to the eBook if you buy the pBook. Sure you already have the text, but you are not entitled to the eBook container.
You are also not entitled to the electronic version of the LP you just bought. Just like you are not entitled to the DVD version if you buy the VHS.
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Originally Posted by NadalwillneverbeGoat, post: 41648828, member: 144530
Are a combined 1-5 vs top 5.
The end is near and Federer is safe.
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Matchbook allowed cheap Kindle editions to be offered with a print book purchase.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/amazons-k...ends-on-oct-31
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"Amazon has decided to retire a very useful, if somewhat underused feature by book buyers with news that Kindle Matchbook will cease to be on Oct. 31. 2019.
As The Digital Reader reports,
Kindle Matchbook existed to allow authors to offer a Kindle version of their work at a greatly reduced price (or even for free) for customers who purchase a print edition. The Kindle version could be offered to those customers for $2.99 or less, giving them a digital copy that couldn't be lost or damaged.
No reason has been given as to why Kindle Matchbook is being retired, but the suspicion is that customers simply weren't using it ..."