[queentess]

I'm in a book club on Goodreads.com, and for this month's book there is someone in the discussion forums offering "If you'd like an ebook copy of the book (no profit to me) I'll share. Just send me a message."

I flagged this message for the mods, suggesting that it was not appropriate to promote this type of "sharing" on a site that (I thought) supports authors.

I've just received a message from the mods saying "We wanted to let you know that we decided not to delete the comment you flagged recently." [emp mine]

Without trying to start another piracy thread, how do people on mobileread feel about this type of ebook "sharing"? It's similar to lending a copy of a pbook to someone to read, but at the same time it's an EXACT copy, there's no wear and tear, it can be distributed an infinite number of times, and it can be read simultaneously by an infinite number of users.

Edits be here: Please try not to bring piracy into this. And by this I mean don't start a 30 page thread where the two sides of the issue froth at the mouth and one screams "theft" while the other screams "unfair". I feel this is a different issue, where one person is offering to distribute a book to a book club for reading and discussion. I think it changes the moral reasoning involved.