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Originally Posted by nekokami
Back to the subject of the thread, I don't think the QR codes hold enough data for a whole book-- YET. Possibly they could, in the future. It's an interesting idea. They could certainly hold enough info to identify a CC type book on a site like this, though. It could easily be combined with a POD system for those who like physical books, or the card identifying the book could be sold with a PIN covered by scratch film. If QR phones or their equivalent were common in other countries, one could buy a card, the recipient could use the QR phone to scan the book ID, the ebook site would ask for the pin, then deliver the ebook to the phone (which is where a lot of people read their books, I guess). An account would also be created that would allow the same user to download the book again to other devices. One side of the card could hold the QR code and a bit of blurb about the book, the other side could be printed with the book's cover illustration.
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That sounds like a good way to do it with cards that cannot yet hold a book... the QR holds the link, the card has an additional PIN to manually enter, and you get your book. If people already commonly had QR scanners (or if QR conversion SW is freely available for existing flatbed and handheld scanners), you could sell books in that fashion today.
Ultimately, if someone can work out a way to encode the entire book onto the card, that would go one better (no need for an internet connection). I would love to lease space at, say, a Sci-Fi convention, and sell my books on cards.