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Note that the book is no longer $0.99, as stated in the article. It's currently $8.39 (vs $9.00 for the paperback). I always get disappointed to see such a sm

• wpietri 12y ago
  Yeah, it throws me into a calculus of tradeoffs. Am I willing to bet 61 cents that this book will be good enough that I will want to lend it to a friend? What are the odds that the used bookstore will pay something for it? If I do decide to keep the physical copy, which book on my already-full shelves will get removed in favor of it? Given that it costs them more than 61 cents to print and distribute the physical version, which I interpret them as gouging on the electronic version, there's also a fuck-me-no-fuck-you urge to buy the physical copy.
  • walterbell 12y ago
    Some physical book purchases include the Kindle edition for free, under the Matchbook program.
    • wpietri 12y ago
      That's definitely progress. But what I really want is an ability to upgrade. I buy the Kindle version, and if it is awesome, they let me buy the print version for the difference (possibly plus a nominal amount like $0.99). Then I can defer the physical-or-virtual question until later.
      • wpietri 12y ago
        Why in the world are people downvoting this? I'm normally happy to take my lumps, but I don't even see the problem here.
  • imgabe 12y ago
    Doesn't the kindle have some limited lending capabilities? In any case it's pretty simple to strip the DRM from ebooks.