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Originally Posted by ficbot
If the book is not available in ebook, I could *maybe* see the justification. But 'the books cost $180 and I don't have the money' is a poor excuse.
Personally, I did re-buy in ebook. I tried a few 'darknet' versions and they had errors and were terrible. I would rather just pay and have the proper one. The only 'grey area' I am currently involved in is removing DRM in library books so I can format-shift them onto a Kindle. I don't keep them when I am done so I see no problems with this. I just want to read them on a Kindle instead of on something else.
Books I buy myself, I liberate as well, but since I have already paid for them, they are mine, I don't share them and I have had issues before with books becoming unreadable when I change devices, I feel I have to do this to protect my investment. If they want to argue that the book is a rental and not a sale, then they should charge rental prices. If they are charging me full paper price and calling it a sale, I own it and can do as I please for my own personal use, imho. Like I said, I legally buy them. And I don't share (my mom has her own Kobo and I buy books for her which I do not keep (she likes authors I do not enjoy) and my dad has his own Kobo but only reads classics)
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If one continues to NOT purchase *any* of the newly-commercially-available titles, I'll grant that the poster is just rationalizing. However, if the poster is doing as I do, which is to slowly, as my budget allows, replace darknet versions with commercial versions, I see nothing wrong. One may legitimately not be able to afford a 'mass purchase' but spread out over, six months say, that would break down to a much more affordable $30 investment each month.
Derek