Although this reminder is on other sites,  I decided to post on this anyway.  What’s wrong with a little overkill?  If you are one of the lucky ones that still have the $50 and 50 classic book credit, your time runs out today.  I finally finished up my $50 credit last night.  I still have about 19 more titles to chose in the classics. Blech!  I could just let it go, but I won’t.  I believe in getting what’s mine.  I think the offer of the classic books is much like rebate offers.  The manufacturer  is hoping that you don’t send it in and the retailer doesn’t care because he’s already got your money.  In Sony’s case,  they really have nothing to lose on this deal.  It’s all about perceived value on the customers’ end.  After all not everyone knows that they can get the stuff for free.  Also, they’re counting on you buying other titles while browsing.  For instance I wanted to get the Cantebury Tales.  There are more than one choice, but the lesser one counts as a free choice.  So if I wanted a better copy with cover art then I have to pay more.  From what I can tell they really haven’t cleaned up these classic titles nor have they added anything useful.  What is added is DRM, so you can’t even give it away to someone who could use the book. All it does is save you time in converting the text, assuming you wanted the title in the first place.  I wonder if Sony counts these free selections as part of books sold? Should they or does it seems like padding the books?