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Amazon to Sell Books by Page, Display Books You Own

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the shaky-ground dept.

Josuah writes "Forbes is reporting that Amazon plans to sell books by the page, so you could purchase only the excerpt you're interested in. What I found more interesting though was the mention of a program called Amazon Upgrade, which will allow you to view books you own from any web browser. Sounds awfully similar to the MP3.com case. I'm guessing Amazon Upgrade also means you need to purchase all your books from Amazon. Interesting value-add proposition."

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  1. LOTR by Munta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Excellent - I now only need to pay for the first and last page of Lord of The Rings. Saving me money and time!

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  2. typo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Interesting value-add proposition.


    Damn Slashdot editors. Mispelled vendor lock-in.

  3. SPOILER WARNING!!! by BushCheney08 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I bought the last page of a bunch of books. Hope I don't get sued for posting them here. Here goes...Ready?

    THE END

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  4. Sold by the page? by trollable · · Score: 2, Funny

    Come on! Why should I buy a full page when I'm interested only by a sentence or two? No, that won't work.

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  5. The first two pages were great, page three sucked by silverbax · · Score: 2, Funny

    Amazon: Which page of 'War and Peace' would you like to buy?
    Me: I dunno...I'll try page 27.
    Amazon: Here you go...KA CHING!
    Me:Oh man, this page is boring. Let me try page 54.
    Amazon: KA CHING!
    Me:I read pages 27 and 54 and they were both boring. Could you recommend something?
    Amazon: Try page 12. Lots of readers rate page 12 very highly.
    Me: Okay, give me page 12.
    Amazon: KA CHING!
    Me: Hey, this is just part of somebody's foreword. What the hell?!?
    Amazon: No refunds!

  6. Yes, yes. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Cool! I just want to buy the centerfold.