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Originally Posted by Enkidu of Abydos
...And of those very few that do read and do like gadgets enough to not miss paper every single one (including me) has/wants an e-reader for the single reason that you can read a million books on it for 0$ (unless you really want to pay for them out of the goodness of your heart and donate to the poor rich people who write them that is)
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Has this "rich author" fallacy still not died? Merely being a published author does not make one rich. Far from it, in many cases. As for "donating" out of the "goodness of your heart", well, generosity and morality are not necessarily the same thing. We're talking about theft here, not choosing not to give to charity.
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Getting to the point - most of the prospective market are probably Americans, and 99% of Americans for reasons completely puzzling to me (might it be capitalistic indoctrination ?) actually believe you should pay for copying digital files from the Internet (like books, movies, music, games, apps...) so why the heck buy and use e-readers ? (snip)This is most puzzling, so if you happen to be a capitalist anti-pirate pig  please enlighten me as to your reasons for buying an e-reader ?
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I have as much trouble relating to your perspective as you apparently have relating to mine. I get paid for what I do because it has value to another party. Tangibility is irrelevant, as is the ease with which the work could be duplicated. Why should this be any different for an author, musician, software developer, etc?
Do you honestly believe that the laws in place to protect the creators if intellectual property should not exist? While I feel that there are many problems with DRM that I'd like to see go away, that is a completely separate issue from copyright theft and piracy. Most people I know, even heathens like me, have a pretty good grasp on the fact that stealing is wrong regardless of how easy it may be.