Patent ID: 8725565

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising: establishing a user account that allows authorization to acquire parts of an electronic book; providing a sample of the electronic book to an electronic book reader device of a user without receiving a request for the sample from the user, wherein the sample of the electronic book comprises a title and at least one of text from a body of the electronic book or text describing the body of the electronic book; providing a prompt to the electronic book reader device of the user to access an additional part of the electronic book; receiving an indication that the user has activated the prompt; and providing, based at least in part on the receiving of the indication and the user account, the additional part of the electronic book to the electronic book reader device of the user, wherein the providing of the additional part of the electronic book requires no action by the user beyond the activating of the prompt by the user.