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I likely can't start reading it for a few days

Is this really that big of a deal? If you haven't read it in the 20,000 days since it's been published, what does it matter if you have to wait a few more?

offering the book's original copyright-holder a deal to become their digital sublicencee

Yeah...good luck with that

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> Is this really that big of a deal?

It is if I only had the barest whim to read the book in the first place. Of course I'll spend however long it takes to track something down if I'm absolutely sold on it. If I need to look at the book to decide whether I'm sold on it, though -- then being unable to do that means I stop caring.

As someone who did some theater in college, the same thing is happening to scripts. You can't really get a look at them without buying them off Dramatists Play Services or Samuel French. It's hard enough to get people interested in Theater without this kind of wall.

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