Why Don’t I Get an E-book For Free When I Buy a Print Book from Amazon?
There are compelling reasons to own a print book you want to read, AND to have an e-book version to go along with it. It is devilishly hard to save all your notes and clipping when you have a print copy, and you can’t admire a book on your bookshelf or share it with a friend (in most cases) when you have an e-book copy. So what gives? Why not have both? And since the content is the same, why isn’t one of those copies FREE? “Whyâ€� you don’t get a free digital version of a physical book that you purchase from Amazon is a reflection of the “profit motive” at work. As with …