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Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Quotation
The fact that e-books involve no printing, binding, shipping, distributing or taking back and shredding unsold copies ought to save you something. And it’s outrageous that that you can’t sell or even give away an e-book when you’re finished with it. You paid for it; why shouldn’t you be allowed to pass it on?
— The New York Times’ David Pogue, assailing the high cost and digital restrictions management schemes slapped onto “e-books”