This Book Will Self-Destruct In 10 Hours 437
extrarice writes: "See here
The "rent-a-book" concept is here. Pay a buck, and you're allowed to read for a cumulative total of 10 hours. After that, the text is inaccessible (unless you somehow access the content you purchased...)"
You're NOT BUYING! You're RENTING! (Score:2, Informative)
Pronunciation: 'bI
to acquire possession, ownership, or rights to the use or services of by payment especially of money
rent
a usually fixed periodical return made by a tenant or occupant of property to the owner for the possession and use thereof; especially : an agreed sum paid at fixed intervals by a tenant to the landlord b : the amount paid by a hirer of personal property to the owner for the use thereof.
There's a difference. See if you can't figure out what it is.