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Originally Posted by tnronin
For example a book was made available in hardback at hardback price, and with that hardback you received a coupon or whatever for a free ebook download of that said book.
I would. Just thinking out loud.
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For pure consumption, it doesn't make much sense, but for reference or text books it provides a physically lightweight alternative that is searchable. However, until the non-linear e-reading experience is better on portable devices, and until the educational textbook monetizing scheme changes, the hardcover still needs to be sold (if only to subsidize the textbook industry, but certainly so students can make margin notes, skim, reference, and intelligently read - something e-ink bottlenecks into a passive experience).
A handful of textbooks have adopted e-book versions but it is still far from widespread particularly amongst those who could benefit most (law students, for example)... finding more adoption amongst subjects like english or history.