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Napster For Books: The Way Of The Future?

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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The New York Times:

You can buy "The Lost Symbol," by Dan Brown, as an e-book for $9.99 at Amazon.com.

Or you can don a pirate's cap and snatch a free copy from another online user at RapidShare, Megaupload, Hotfile and other file-storage sites.

Read the whole story: The New York Times

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