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Amazon patents supplementary content for ebooks

Amazon has been granted a US patent for supplementary content attached to ebooks, reports Wired, which compares the patent to ‘DVD extras’. The patent ‘Customized Electronic Book with Supplemental Content’, which was lodged on 24 November 2010, describes a way of enhancing ebooks by attaching auxiliary material from publishers or ‘trusted contributors’. Wired...

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