From Publishers Weekly: Lots of Opinions about 'Free'

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6670080.html?nid=2286&rid=#reg_visitor_id&source=title   Free-For-All: Anderson, "Free" Book, Sparks a Backlash Online and Among Battered Media Industry Andrew Albanese Under normal circumstances, that Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson's latest book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, logged over 17,000 free views in one day on upstart "social publisher" Scribd would be the story. The story, however, might lurk in the comments left on the Scribd web site. "Well it's not really "FREE" at all, is it?" groused one unsatisfied customer, complaining the book couldn't be downloaded, but read only in the browser on Scribd. "False advertising!" screeched another assessment. When Anderson weighed in to tell Scribd readers that there would be free downloads available next week, "why not make an e-book available already?" came the response, which derisively labeled publisher Hyperion as "old school." Read on »   http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6670080.html?nid=2286&rid=#reg_visitor_id&source=title