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Stephen Downes

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On the one hand, it's nice that iTunes is making free books available. On the other hand, free books were already available, and Apple has simply placed them behind a login window. All this is fine, so long as Apple continues to allow access to Gutenberg. The strategy is pretty clear, though - attract people to iTunes for the free books, and they'll stay to purchase the commercial books.

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