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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Though your point seems logical... I've sold ebooks at $2- $3, and they've still ended up in torrent lists. The fact is, actual price doesn't matter... it seems any price at all is enough reason for someone, somewhere, to torrent a book.
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I think that you'll always be able to find someone who's willing to pirate a copy, regardless of price. The point I was trying to make is that ebook publishers need to find the price-point where the majority of people would rather buy than pirate.
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Some of the worse formatting errors you've described have turned up in backlist ebooks sold by major publishers, who farm out scan-and-OCR of old books and don't bother proofing (or maybe proof only the first 1/4 - 1/3 of a book, making it look good in previews). I've sent 3 books back for refunds, and got them, as the shoddy condition of the book was obvious. If the major publishers want to fight the public's use of torrents, they need to do more than say they sell a quality product... they have to actually sell a quality ebook product.
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*sigh* that is sad to hear. I would think that publishers would take this more seriously.
Craig