Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Tyson
These have been on the Darknet for many years, of course. Downloading them from there is certainly quicker than messing around with Digital Editions, for one.  So if my time is valuable, certainly much smarter to get the free, no software needed, no DRM stripping time-wasting to be done, etc...
Plus you will be able to get a version of ALL of them zipped in a bundle - so only need to download once. Compare that to doing all the above 14 times. So going on a time analysis, you are a crazy person to pay for them. |
But you're aware of the darknet, and where to find them. It's a matter of a few minutes for you to get all 14 as a bundle. So for
you, if we put aside the ethical issues, paying
any price for the Bond books would be crazy.
The mistake I think too many people in this sort of discussion make is assuming they're representative, and that everyone else reading ebooks knows what they know and does what they do. Do you assume
everybody who buys things things like Kindle editions from Amazon knows about the darknet and where to find what they want to read? If you do, explain how Amazon manages to sell
any Kindle editions at their default price, let alone other ebook sellers selling other volumes at even higher prices.
Most of the ebook buying market doesn't know about or chooses not to use the darknet, and simply pays for and downloads what they get.
______
Dennis