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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Pricing is certainly one factor. I'm happy to pay a certain amount for obtaining my ebooks legally and hassel-free. $10 is a good price point. If the book is not available, or not in my market, or for a ridiculous price I usually read something else, but there's a number of people who turn to the darknet instead. Can't say I really blame them.
Price as well. A buck a tune, I can afford that. Children can afford that with their lunch money. $14.99 and up for a CD with two or three good songs? Different story.
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You've really just proved my point. You can buy songs from iTunes for a buck - and yet music piracy is widespread and rampant. $1 is still more than free, and some people want free. You can't price things so cheaply that it still won't be cheaper than free.
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They could have multiplied, I dunno, tenfold. But, yeah, they don't care. We get it.
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Or maybe book sales would have remained the same. Regardless, by any measure people are buying e-books hand-over-fist (whatever that really means). Claims that people on the internet are "angry" mean nothing as long as people keep buying...and most people seem happy enough to keep buying.