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Originally Posted by TotallyEpic
I don't think eBooks are as much as a target for piracy as other forms of Media. Most countries have public libraries with free access to most books people would want to read. Other forms of Media such as Film and Music don't have a free alternative, so they are more susceptible to piracy.
Have a look on any BitTorrent tracker and you'll see there isn't a whole lot of eBook piracy, except for a few of the top bestsellers. I think if you price the books appropriately, and don't use any intrusive methods of anti-piracy, you'll probably see a lower rate of piracy than a DRM'ed book.
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I have to disagree here. For torrents you are correct. However, here in the Netherlands there is an active piracy community regarding e-books and especially epubs. The industry keeps their prices high and a *lot* of books are available via other means. A lot of people either remove DRM and distributes or scan complete volumes (and not only small books) and distributes them.
A lot of books can be obtained that way. Current books, but also books that will probably never be available as epub. The first category I have a problem with, the second a whole lot less.
The second category is mostly SF and Fantasy. Just to pinpoint the nerds I guess...