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Q&A Is a QR card linked to the PDF of a book a good idea?

This is a publishing question. The idea is: someone with a smartphone gets the card, scans the QR code printed on it, and downloads the PDF of your book off the web. I would have thought that a PDF...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by plugincontainer‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:11:16Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/21629
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar plugincontainer‭ · 2019-12-08T05:11:16Z (over 4 years ago)
This is a publishing question. The idea is: someone with a smartphone gets the card, scans the QR code printed on it, and downloads the PDF of your book off the web. I would have thought that a PDF would be pretty hard to read on your average smartphone screen, but I'm told they are used very commonly for that purpose. A link to an ebook version would make more sense, or not?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-04-06T16:37:00Z (about 8 years ago)
Original score: 3