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Old 10-21-2009, 07:23 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967 View Post
For example, I came across the word 'irrefragable' in a Richard Dawkins book last week. Although I had never seen it before, it was pretty obvious from context that it must mean something like 'impossible to argue with' (and no, I still haven't looked it up).
Huh. I would've guessed 'impossible to frag, because someone already fragged him and he came back' ...

One-touch dictionary wouldn't be a make-or-break feature for me, either. Although if it were one-touch wikipedia, I might be tempted!

Re the OP - I think you have a good point about the risk:benefit ratio offered by B&N... they really could provide a bigger incentive. Maybe they just figured they'd have enough preorders without the incentives.
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