Re: NTLK Stephen King's ebook

From: Loren Finkelstein (Loren@Finkelstein.Net)
Date: Fri Mar 24 2000 - 13:27:50 EST


I had missed that Amazon was giving it away. Any idea how they are doing
that when everyone else is selling it?

Is it too late for me to return my Peanut Press copy? :-)

Loren

> From: Jesse Candy <jcandy@timm.com>
> Reply-To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:45:17 -0600
> To: "NewtonTalk" <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
> Subject: Re: NTLK Stephen King's ebook
>
>> The only ethical way around this (still with questionable legality) is to
>> buy a copy for some other platform, and then download the Newton version
>> knowing that you paid for a copy of the book.
>
> This is from Maccentral
>
> "Alan Macdougall thinks hope may lie with Amazon.com rather than with any
> of Barnes & Noble's convoluted, frustrating methods. He says Amazon.com
> continues to offer the book free and are much more upbeat about Mac
> users. Have a look at http://www.amazon.com/exec/
> obidos/subst/promotions/stephen-king/stephen-king-mac.html. Apparently,
> they expect a solution for Mac users within 4-5 days. "
>
> So, if you can already download it for free at Amazon.com why not Newton
> Intelligence? Or, do you think Amazon is paying $2.50 for every download?
>
> jesse

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