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but we cant download it unless we buy the physical copy !!

I'm not sure where you're seeing that. I see an option to buy the e-book only for $23.95 and the page has red text that reads "Full PDF, ePub, and mobi ebooks now available!". Am I missing something you see on the page?

You can get a 30% discount http://inventwithpython.com/blog/2015/04/21/celebrating-the-...

Author here. The 30% discount code is PYBUTLER, which you use on the No Starch Press site: http://nostarch.com/automatestuff

> His books are freely available under a Creative Commons license...

So perhaps they will be available for free from April 25th?

He posted somewhere that the free html version is almost complete and will be released in a few days.

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