Sillybean

May 14, 2004

Good for a giggle

Via Mariann, what happens when books use Six Apart’s licensing scheme:

And there will still be the free version, from libraries. Only anyone who reads the book from a library won’t be able to make their own notes in it, and won’t be able to ask me questions about it. Like if I go to a bookclub and some of the members bought the book and others borrowed it from the library, I’ll only respond to those with a receipt from now on. And I’ll respond more in depth to those with a hardcover versus a paperback.

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