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Old 09-30-2009, 10:06 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by edembowski View Post
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
As does Manning Publications where you can buy the Pbook, the Ebook or both.
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