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EPISODE · Apr 18, 2026 · 12 MIN

You Probably Didn’t Buy That Ebook

from The Weekly Spark · host Mark Kelly

I think millions of people have tapped ‘Buy’ in an ebook store and just assumed they were buying a book.The fact is most of the time, they weren’t.What they were actually buying was permission. Permission to read a file, on approved software, through an account, inside a company’s system.📩 Subscribe to my regular(ish) newsletter - https://markdkelly.substack.com☕️ Buy me a virtual coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/markdkelIy75I've collated a massive list of all my favourite things on my website 👉🏻 https://www.markkelly.me/affiliate-links Get full access to The Spark! at markdkelly.substack.com/subscribe

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