Startup Offers Pay-Per-Page E-Books

Posted by timothy on Monday February 4, 2013 @01:42AM from the neal-stephenson-costs-more-than-cocaine dept.

judgecorp writes "TotalBoox, a startup from Tel Aviv, plans to sell pay-as-you-read eBooks, charging for each page read. 'We are trying to rid the world from outdated, expensive ritual of buying a book before you read it,' says founder ~Yoarv Lorch, saying that readers can save money and move on if they start a best-seller on the spur of the moment and it turns out to be a turkey. But what about slow-burning classics that you have to 'get into'? What about reference books? And all the bits of a reference book that you don't actually need? The company has a beta app on Google Play for Android tablets."

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Choose your own adventure? by Joehonkie · 2013-02-04 02:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Clearly the best way to consume choose your own adventure books. I mean nobody really picks every choice, right?
Re:BUT by RabidReindeer · 2013-02-04 02:25 · Score: 5, Funny

But Amazon lets you return ebooks!
Sometimes even when you didn't want to!