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Originally Posted by Kurt
as to the OP
the "darknet" has it purpose
that being said i have made mad searches for DRM free "backlists" of authors works to purchase again or to purchase anew and have come up completely empty - i have discovered through this search that authors have to sell their soul to get published and don't own their own works
i have aquired exactly one "free" darknet book that i actually read - aldous huxleys brave new world - the formatting was atrocious which made the reading less than pleasurable
i did download several others but deleted them all after a quick look at the formatting
maybe i'm doing it wrong and checking out the wrong places but it seems a waste of time and effort - both for me and the uploader
my ultimate conclusion after all this was - E-Reading ain't ready for prime-time (yeah, the publishers are winning)
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Can you lay your hands on a ton of titles? Sure. Now you *may* have to pay for most of them, but they're out there and ready to be read. (Personally I *like* the idea I can buy the latest e-title. I've got the de-DRMing tools and I know how to use them.
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Derek