Thread: Massive wave of ebook piracy?
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Old 11-06-2010, 08:45 PM   #556
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Originally Posted by bobcdy View Post
I was curious about how rampant piracy really is, so I searched for popular fiction torrents. I was really shocked. For science fiction/fantasy I could have downloaded at least 15,000 different books and short stories. I had more difficulty finding other types of fiction; for example, although I could find all of Agatha Christie's stories, I could not find many Rex Stout's Nero Wolf books, and I couldn't find any works by many popular mystery writers. Of course these are almost entirely pdf files, but I think they are text, not image pdf's and so can easily be converted to other formats.

I guess my point is that with so many, many pirate ebooks available they must affect the profits of their authors. I don't see how anyone can defend this on legal or ethical grounds.
The Stout books are out there, though - and I am sure plenty of popular mystery works are as well.
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