They're doing it in tandem with some company called Glassworks, I think.
The catch is that you need the Glassworks software to view the book, but the
software only runs on desktops and laptops! Not on CE, as far as I can see.
-----Original Message-----
From: Loren Finkelstein [mailto:Loren@Finkelstein.Net]
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 1:28 PM
To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
Subject: Re: NTLK Stephen King's ebook
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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