05-18-2011, 07:01 PM | #16 |
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05-18-2011, 07:06 PM | #17 |
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05-18-2011, 07:07 PM | #18 |
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05-18-2011, 07:54 PM | #19 | |
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An argument could be made that bootleg digital copies now could cost Rowling & WB sales of authorized digital copies later--but the Tolkien ebooks seem to sell plenty of copies, despite bootlegs having been available for at least a decade first. |
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05-18-2011, 07:57 PM | #20 |
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Really? I only know two people with digital copies, neither of them have the paper books. They both came late to the series and never bothered to buy the books, and neither one of them writes fanfic. Maybe they're unique, but I really doubt it.
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05-19-2011, 01:08 AM | #21 |
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There are six full dead tree Harry Potter sets in our family.
A digital ebook set was one of the first requests from one of our daughters when we gave her a PRS-300 for her Christmas present. She wanted to re-read the series but a baby daughter meant that it was easier to read them on an ereader. She did ask if they could be purchased first though. |
05-19-2011, 04:13 AM | #22 |
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i have to admit that it does irk me to hear my "older" sister speak of pirating ebooks when she has a perfectly good job and above-average income (like, very much above-average).
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05-19-2011, 04:23 AM | #23 |
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05-19-2011, 04:33 AM | #24 |
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05-19-2011, 04:35 AM | #25 |
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05-19-2011, 04:41 AM | #26 |
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While I don't approve of piracy by ebookers, I similarly don't approve of piracy by the Agency 6. Which raises yet another conundrum: Is it piracy to pirate from pirates? Or is it a civic duty, a social responsibility, a matter of proper civil disobedience to pirate from pirates so as to provide them with a taste of their own bitter medicine?
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05-19-2011, 05:50 AM | #27 |
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05-19-2011, 06:04 AM | #28 |
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I can't find a list of questions asked, and without them the results are meaningless. It also doesn't say who carried out the research. Research like this usually tends to be industry-funded with a specific result in mind before it is carried out. Then they have something good to show the government when they ask for new laws.
There must be billions of women over 35 alive today, so if they all buy 52 books a year at $10 a book that means the book industry is losing squigglions of dollars per day. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THIS! |
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Why should it be any different for pBooks and eBooks this time? Last edited by K-Thom; 05-19-2011 at 06:31 AM. |
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05-19-2011, 07:21 AM | #30 |
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