What a great attitude, Patricia! Book piracy IS a problem in some circles (although my opinion is, it is less of a problem than people think, and there are other things which are greater problems) but to me, the greater mistake would be to sacrifice the real, true customers one already has in order to try and address a small population who was never going to buy it in the first place
I have proven myself as a book buyer. I probably spend at least $50 a month, between things like cookbooks which I still prefer to buy in paper, and fiction which I always buy in ebook. It continues to boggle my mind that publishers don't want to make it as easy as possible to extract this money from me. When business is already tough, why make it harder than it has to be?
As a reader, all I want is for the books to be a) of a level of quality worthy f my time and money and b) available to me at a reasonable price, regardless of where I live or what device I use to read it on. That's really it!
I sent you a PM, btw. Check your mailbox!