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How do publishers and authors feel about this? Is Amazon giving away the sizzle or the steak?

For some deeper books this might impel me to make a purchase. For collections of shallow platitudes (e.g. my predilection for self-help books) the "top highlights" view is all I'll need.

Here's an example of a book I considered buying but didn't - The Talent Code. Now I've got the high notes in a free, easily digestable format: http://kindle.amazon.com/work/talent-code-greatness-born-gro...

Edit: And here are the highlights from Hackers and Painters: http://kindle.amazon.com/work/hackers-painters-big-ideas-com...




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