Thread: ebook piracy numbers
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Old 07-31-2010, 07:34 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by sassanik View Post
Does anyone know of any articles that have ebook piracy numbers in them? As it refers to lost sales?

I question how many sales are lost through piracy. I am not saying that there are not lost sales. I simply question how many people who download pirated ebooks actually read them and how many would have bought them in different circumstances.

I know there are disks out there with 1,000 ebooks on them. Seriously how many people are going to read everyone of those books?

I know that ebook piracy on ebooks like Harry Potter result in lost sales, but that is more of a publisher issue since the book is not available in ebook format.

I suspect that DRM'd ebooks are more likely to be pirated, and ebooks that are expensive. With the smaller publishing houses that focus on ebook sales and are not DRM'd having fewer pirated copies.



Amy
It... depends...

I *know* I routinely scan the various darknet sites for new titles - especially from authors I've never read before. Those titles that strike an interest I download. Now what happens to me is if an author's book really grabs my attention, I end up searching out B&N or Amazon ebook titles by the same author. Using this method, I've 'discovered' Sharon Sala, Laura Griffin, Allison Brennan, Maggie Shayne and others too numerous to name. In other words, each of those authors' titles that I 'darknetted' ended up creating SALES for the publishers and authors.

Of course, the publishers refuse to mention *that* effect.

Derek
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