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Originally Posted by Mr. Dalliard
... There are quite a few companies, particularly in the computer field, who are including PDFs of the entire book on the accompanying disc.
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O'Reiley does this quite a bit, and with many of their books they have free downloads of the content. This really should be encouraged. They tell you up front what you're paying for, and that you're getting a digital copy as well.
It would be nice if I could get a free download of all the books I have, and I do think that they should start selling them that way, but there is absolutely no business motivation for publishers to retroactively provide downloads for what they've already sold.
- Ed