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I don't pirate tv shows, music, movies or video games because I feel they are reasonably priced in the market place right now. Ebooks, however, (at least the authors I most frequently read) are often priced at what I consider too high for something I cannot return, share or resell. If it costs more than a paperback, I pirate it. Lower prices would stop me.
New (to me) authors I pirate to preview. If I don't like it, I delete the file. If I do enjoy it, I go buy it. I have discovered dozens of great writers this way and have spent lots of money on their backlists. I'm spending significantly more on ebooks since I started pirating than I did before, only now my money is going mostly to unheralded authors instead of the bestsellers, and to independent publishers instead of the agency 5.
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