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iPhoto Book Tackles Version Issues

Posted by pudge on from the because-waiting-sucks dept.

Fubar writes "Longtime TidBITS publisher Adam C. Engst recently wrote a book about Apple's iPhoto software. Faced with the standard publishing-to-market delays that would only leave a month or so before the next version of iPhoto is released, Engst worked out a deal with Amazon that folks can download the book for $13 now, and receive a free dead-tree version once the book is updated to reflect the changes in the new version of iPhoto. This is the first 'book upgrade' I've ever heard of."

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  1. Re:When I buy any dead-tree book... by foobar104 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    After all I'm effectively buying a license when I buy a book aren't I?

    Hm. That's kind of like saying you're entitled to the book-on-tape when you buy the printed book. Which is nuts.

    When you're buying a book, you're buying... a book.

    Then again, this may be the best object lesson I've ever heard in the absurdity of buying and selling licenses.