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astra · 12-13-2007, 06:18 AM

nekokami

Well said in the last two posts.

I, myself, believe that ebook has as much value as a paper back book as long as it is not locked down. Definitely, the author should be compensated.

I have a dilemma now.

I would like to read The Urth? I, the New Sun 5 book series.
I wanted to buy them ....cannot. Ebooks do not exist.
I have the first volume (2 books in one volume) in the series. I bought it 1 years ago.

On the darknet I could download all of them.

What shell I do?

Reading a paper book - out of question.

So, there are 2 ways as far as I can see.

1. Forget about it for a few years and hope that one day the publishers will have a mercy and publish ebooks or maybe they will not? or maybe when they do it the writer will no longer be alive? In this case there is a chance that the writer will never see my money...

2. I could buy the rest of the series in paper back editions. Then download ebooks from darknet. Edit them accordingly and read them. In this case, writer will be compensated for his work, because I will buy 2 more books while the writer is alive, not in some unpredictable future. (In this case the publishers will get my money too!)

What should I do?

12-13-2007, 06:18 AM	#41
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	nekokami Well said in the last two posts. I, myself, believe that ebook has as much value as a paper back book as long as it is not locked down. Definitely, the author should be compensated. I have a dilemma now. I would like to read The Urth? I, the New Sun 5 book series. I wanted to buy them ....cannot. Ebooks do not exist. I have the first volume (2 books in one volume) in the series. I bought it 1 years ago. On the darknet I could download all of them. What shell I do? Reading a paper book - out of question. So, there are 2 ways as far as I can see. 1. Forget about it for a few years and hope that one day the publishers will have a mercy and publish ebooks or maybe they will not? or maybe when they do it the writer will no longer be alive? In this case there is a chance that the writer will never see my money... 2. I could buy the rest of the series in paper back editions. Then download ebooks from darknet. Edit them accordingly and read them. In this case, writer will be compensated for his work, because I will buy 2 more books while the writer is alive, not in some unpredictable future. (In this case the publishers will get my money too!) What should I do? Last edited by astra; 12-13-2007 at 11:33 AM.