An entrepreneurial company in Shanghai—Bookgg—is exploring a new advertisement-powered free book business model. The consumer selects the book and then selects the sponsors with their placement on your book until the price of the book drops to zero. The book is then printed and posted using POD. Question will be if this model could develop in the west or will it be lost in translation?
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