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|    Carlos E.R. to rbowman    |
|    Re: Fixing the US Book System    |
|    28 Dec 25 21:35:23    |
      From: robin_listas@es.invalid              On 2025-12-28 20:38, rbowman wrote:       > On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:23:25 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:       >       >> But if I go to the "Casa del Libro" place and choose some books, I can       >> not go to the counter and have them downloaded or added to my account.       >> That's my complaint.       >       > That applies to music too. For a while a traditional CD store would       > download a digital album and burn it to a CD for you but it wasn't       > sustainable. There were several used bookstores in town and there is one       > left. It's the same problem. What's a used digital book?              I don't know if a digital book is transferable (with DRM). Something       similar to what libraries do.              --       Cheers, Carlos.       ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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