Abstract: A server device includes a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute instructions associated with permitting searching of an electronic book profile of a desired electronic book by a user based on a predetermined search code provided thereto, and providing a search result based on the searching of the electronic book profile such that a non-discount price of the desired electronic book is presented to the user. The processor is also configured to execute instructions associated with authenticating the user based on a unique promotional code such that the desired electronic book is downloadable to an electronic device by the user, and resetting the non-discount price to a discount price less than the non-discount price associated with the desired electronic book based on tracking interaction of the user with a number of electronic book profiles.
Abstract: In one embodiment, the method includes providing a rich media file for a literary work of authorship in an electronic medium of expression and generating a recommendation of an external source of information on one of a contextually relevant basis, a geospatially relevant basis, and a user-centric basis. The method also includes generating a contextually relevant suggestion based on a contextual meta-data associated with the literary work when the recommendation is contextually relevant and generating a geospatially relevant suggestion dynamically based on a meta-data associated with a current geo-spatial location of a rich-media player device presently displaying the literary work of authorship when the recommendation is geospatially relevant.