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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. Big Mistake. by CDPatten · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A roll-out that size always has big problems, and the only thing will be remembered by the media is that this linux roll-out had big problems. It would be much smarter to transition little by little. It is good press for Linspire, but thats about it.

    Don't get me wrong, I think it would be great is they did move everything over, for no other reason it would be a great case study for the world. The only problem I see is the speed at which it would be done.