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Re:Company Scans Your Books For a Dollar – Ship ‘Em In, Get ... by sigil on Thursday August 18, 2011 @02:48PM (#2900499)
Re 1), what's odd is that current ebook pricing makes this an attractive option.
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Re:Company Scans Your Books For a Dollar – Ship ‘Em In, Get ... by sebastianavina on Thursday August 18, 2011 @11:17PM (#2902090)
I can imagine a group of 20 students, buying a book, shipping directly from amazon to that company, and getting a copy for a very small fraction of the cost
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Re:Company Scans Your Books For a Dollar – Ship ‘Em In, Get ... by esrauch on Friday August 19, 2011 @10:54AM (#2903565)
While that's true, the post you are replying to was basically saying "I can imagine a single person buying a book, shipping directly from amazon to that company, and getting a copy for less than the ebook cost" which I think is a more extreme version of your scenario.
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Re:Company Scans Your Books For a Dollar – Ship ‘Em In, Get ... by xp84 on Thursday August 18, 2011 @06:50PM (#2901490)
How ridiculous is that?
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