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It's a way to target digital hoarders, similar to Valve's game sales. Most buyers will never read the books and they have essentially zero marginal distribution
by faitswulff 9y ago
It's a way to target digital hoarders, similar to Valve's game sales. Most buyers will never read the books and they have essentially zero marginal distribution costs, so they make money either way.
Being a digital hoarder, myself, it's still quite tempting.
- jimnotgym 9y agoI tend to buy them and dump them in my library. I find it a really good way to see if it useful without investing £25-£50 on a print edition edit: For hoarders remember they have free books each day on Packt. They put an annoying captcha to stop you automating the download though... https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning
- discussedbefore 9y agohttps://github.com/igbt6/Packt-Publishing-Free-Learning https://github.com/igbt6/Packt-Publishing-Free-Learning + anti-captcha.com
- jimnotgym 9y agoI hate Captchas so much that is the best thing I have seen in ages. Thank you so much for this
- stfwn 9y agoWow. Anti Captcha seems like a company that should not exist. I don't want to go full /r/latestagecapitalism, but this seems like a typical economic activity that lures uneducated workers from rural areas to the city for a 'real office job', only to be trapped in a low-wage, low-opportunity job where the protocol is to do what you're told or get out. Their front page literally features a superhero shooting 'bad' workers with a laser.