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Originally Posted by HarryT
Let me ask a related question. If you are one of those people who thinks that it is indeed ethically acceptable to illegally obtain a book that is out of print, if it did at some point come back into print, would you then buy it, even if you had no intention of ever reading it again?
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For me, I would say, "Probably" (I'm cautious of absolutes, seeing as circumstances always seem to be unique). But, the thing is, that bit about
"no intention of ever reading it again" is not applicable to my thinking. The reason I would buy it in ebook form if it came back into "print" as one is because of the off-chance I would want to reference something in it (as opposed to fully
"reading it again"), and ebooks give me that opportunity to have my library at my fingertips. I might not ever reference it...but my mind works more with "might" than "not", and so...
Cheers,
Marc