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Originally Posted by lebleaux
A question, no agenda, just curious. If I own a book (as in I purchased it from a bookstore) and now I wish to have that book available to read on my Kindle what should I do. I could buy it again, I could probably download a torrent and get it that way or I could scan it, I guess. I would sooner buy than scan but am more likely to go the torrent route. Am I breaking any rules (legal or moral) in doing this. Similarly, once I have it in an electronic form, am I breaking any covenants if I give it to a friend to read - which I often do with a book. If I am not breaking any covenants then what is to stop me making electronic copies of all the books I own available to anyone via the internet.
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a grey slippery slope. I have been reading a certain fantasy series over the past 20 years. the author of this series died (I know many of you know who I am talking about
) as it is, as a family we have purchased numerous copies over the years as some of them have actually been worn out. 4 people reading the books, then re-reading them prior to the next book coming out will do that!
eventually a replacement writer was found to complete the series which they issued in e-book format. but! they said they would release the rest of the series one a month. that wasn't fast enough for me, and many others I am sure. I went down the dark path of questionable acquisition...