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Re:Kindle MatchBook by eric_cc on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:20PM (#6323107)
> I'm struggling to think of the person who needs both a printed copy of a book and an ebook version.

Technically, nobody NEEDS a printed or digital book to begin with. Maybe you're just over-thinking this? I like print books but also have an iPad. For many obvious reasons it would be nice to have all of my books on my iPad (which is almost always with me).

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Re:Kindle MatchBook by ChuckMcM on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:44PM (#6323275)
I've started buying movies on discs again. This is because even though they are sometimes available via streaming, it isn't a "now its available via streaming and will be forever" model that I was originally sold. Books have been "pulled back" on the Kindle, but I have never had a publisher send me a letter demanding I mail them back the book I bought.

I also started playing around with XBMC which is a lot of fun, and streaming from my local copy is a whole lot nice than streaming over the 'net.

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Re:Kindle MatchBook by DigitalJack on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:35PM (#6323220)
You can't grep dead trees.
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Re:Kindle MatchBook by fpgeek on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @10:03PM (#6325134)
Unless you break the DRM you can't grep Kindle books either (and Amazon's search is a poor substitute).
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