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But to be serious for a moment, I do think there possibly can be an upside to ebook downloads. If I am interested in trying out an author but do now want to spend the money and I find an electronic copy of one of the author's books online and download it, convert, read it and decide I like it, I could then end up paying for other books from this same author where I would not have before.
This same situation happened when Napster first came out. And due to Napster, sales of CDs went up 6% until the RIAA deiced to get Napster shut down and raise prices.
Now if we find out that ebook downloading causes a rise in sales of ebook overall, do we really want to do away with ebook downloads or do we want to let it go since overall it is having a positive effect?
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