David Teten and Scott Allen have made their book, "The Virtual Handshake" downloadable for free. David discusses their reasons for this experiment on their blog. My favorite line from the post is that buying the book is actually cheaper than printing it.
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Cem Sertoglu 
Yeah, that actually surprised me too. But inkjet printing is about $0.05 to $0.07 a page, typically, once you figure the cost of the ink cartridges. $0.05 x 288 = $14.40. It sells on Amazon for $12.47, and you can get free shipping.
So now it constantly amazes me when people want to print out e-books. I never will again. If I want something in print that badly, I’ll go buy it. It’s marginally better with a laser printer, but still not enough to justify the hassle.
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I was discussing the printing of e-book with my friend Cagan at Teknolabs. It seems to be a viable option when you can not get the book delivered easily (or cheaply), as is the case in Istanbul.
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