Ebooks on Linux

[James Knott]

Scott Elcomb wrote:
> The problem here is that much content is not sold online -
> instead licenses to access that content is sold.

I recently bought a book for an online course I was taking.  The ebook
was about half the price of the hard cover book in stores, but you could
only read it for 6 months, IIRC.  Instead, I attemped to buy a used one
through Chapters/Indigo and wound up with a new paperback verison from
India for about $18, instead of the about $150 the hard cover edition
was in the stores!

BTW, the book was "Computer Networks" 5th edition, by Andrew Tanenbaum
(of Minix fame) and David Wethereral (the course instructor).
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