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Re:Net neutrality gives “free” Internet to Netflix and Googl... by greglindahl on Saturday September 15, 2018 @01:42PM (#17995219)
This is often not the case. As an example, in the US, I can buy a paperback book and then pay someone to put a hard cover on it. In the UK, many paperback books have a license that prohibits doing that. That license doesn't work in the US.
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Re:Net neutrality gives “free” Internet to Netflix and Googl... by hakfoo on Saturday September 15, 2018 @03:05PM (#17995614)
What would be the purpose of this? It seems like an oddly specific thing to exclude.

I'd expect the primary audience for a hardcover conversion would be libraries-- many of the books in my local library have been rebound, probably because the original paperback covers weren't suitable for that level of usage.

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Re:Net neutrality gives “free” Internet to Netflix and Googl... by greglindahl on Saturday September 15, 2018 @03:55PM (#17995778)
Hardbacks sell for a lot more money than paperbacks, earning the publisher (and usually the author) a lot more.
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