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astra · 12-13-2007, 11:55 AM

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 (look at post number 6 for more details).

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 vs. buying ebooks in some near or not so near future. (In this case the publishers will get my money too!)

Steve Jordan suggested another way:
3. Buy paperbacks, scan and OCR them.
One should take into the account that I live in the UK where it is illegal to scan my paperbacks.

What should I do?

12-13-2007, 11:55 AM	#1
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Dilemma 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 (look at post number 6 for more details). 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 vs. buying ebooks in some near or not so near future. (In this case the publishers will get my money too!) Steve Jordan suggested another way: 3. Buy paperbacks, scan and OCR them. One should take into the account that I live in the UK where it is illegal to scan my paperbacks. What should I do? Last edited by astra; 12-13-2007 at 12:10 PM.