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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Because that's a -bluntly - naive and unrealistic view of what will actually happen, for many people. The people giving 1 star reviews show the author that there's a market for ebooks, if they make them available promptly and at a sensible price.
Other people, a lot of other people? Already downloaded it from the darknet and are reading it. More restrictions will only push this ratio up. It's deliberately self-destructive behaviour from the publishers which clearly shows they're ignoring the lessons of the music industry.
By giving those reviews thumbs down, you're supporting unauthorised copying by helping ti hide the consequences of the decisions which are boosting darknet usage. Plain and simple. Think not only about your actions, but the full consequences of those actions.
Amazon show both high and low score review when you look at a book, it's not like it stops you from - easily - seeing high scoring reviews or anything.
(Me? I've bought it second hand, and sent a picture of the book with the receipt on it to the author. And I'll be buying his books second hand for some years to come.)
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actually it is far from naive, but rather I am being realistic. Be honest with yourself and see the reason you might be bothered by this is because you want it now and are not willing to tell yourself no and move on to any of a zillion other options. Would you say the same thing about movies released in theaters but the DVD is not released for many months?
People who are bothered by delayed release of ebooks are, if they are honest with themselves, by the fact they feel excluded and cannot have what they want when they want it. Mind I am in no way saying ebook releases should not coincide with new releases of a book, but this is how it is accept it, life is far to short and we all have man, many other options. If people simply have the discipline to NOT buy the print version when no ebook option exists then that will get the publisher's attention...posting a review with the look and feel of a petulant child will get laughed off into the ether...
Still I completely in favor of creating organized efforts to encourage publishers to put out electronic versions sooner...but not in acting out of frustration and restraint.