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Re: Has anyone seen THIS pitch?
Posted By: Mike Jolley In Response To: Re: Has anyone seen THIS pitch? (knotwork)
Date: Sunday, 26 June 2005, at 4:12 a.m.
> It is simply normal when buying a book to be able to zero in on any
> page(s) of it that one might be dubious and check them out - to check
> whatever points one feels are crucial - before buying the book.> The fact that I cannot usually do that on the internet might explain why I
> still buy almost all my books from brick and mortar bookshops instead of
> via the internet.The solution to this problem is, of course, shareware ebooks. I know of ebook software that lets you read the first couple chapters and require registration to read the rest. Of course, there's all kinds of time-limited software. Why not put the two together? I could probably do this fairly easily if anyone's interested in publishing an ebook this way.
On the other hand, a "secret revealed" book won't work like this. People would just look up the secret and not buy the book. Also there's nothing stopping people from taking screen shots of the whole book. The time limit would have to be pretty short.
Wait, I think I've got it. Limit the total number of pages viewed regardless of the order. This way you can look at the index, follow the hyperlink, look at a few more pages, and then you have to buy the book (or not).
What do you think?
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