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Amazon Tests Combined Print & Digital Book Buys

Amazon on Tuesday is expected to debut Kindle MatchBook -- a new program that lets customers buy the electronic versions of books they have already purchased in print form for $2.99, $1.99, $0.99 or for free. “There’s little doubt some book fans exist who are as enthusiastic about the benefits of e-books as they are wistful for the sight of colorful book spines on their walls,” The New York Times’ Bits blog writes. “The question is how many of them there are.”

 

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