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Free Books: Under the Radar

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the publishing-without-paper dept.

bcrowell writes "Remember e-books, anti-books, and print-on-demand books? They didn't pan out. The surprise success story is free books." Of course, this defines "success" as number of readers, not in terms of monetary profits. E-books and their ilk were concentrating on the latter definition, rather than the former. Still, it's good to see free books preferred in some circles based on their merit, and not just the cost.

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  1. Slashdot Reports Trivia About Free Books: +1, True by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    While the Grifter-In-Charge
    continues to rob the U.S.A.

    What about a free country?

    Respectfully,

    Woot

  2. Aren't free books by tkrotchko · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...just like communism?

    (I never know what people mean when they say that...."Free software is just like communism"....what... the workers control the means of production? Die yanqui dogs? I just don't get it)

    --
    You were mistaken. Which is odd, since memory shouldn't be a problem for you