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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Oh, I think that they probably *could* - the ebook market is practically non-existent in most of Europe, for example, and it's a lot more difficult to digitize a book than to to rip a CD.
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You really should have told people. The number of digitized books in German that are available in the darknet is surprising. The choice of illegal books seems to outstrip the legal offerings by far.
Anyway, price obviously is important. While there are always some people who will go for the illegal and free option many people will only choose to go down the illegal route if they consider the legal option (if there is one at all)) as overpriced or inconvenient.
Unless prevented by geographical restrictions publishers of English language books can widely expand their reader base with ebooks. People who are keen on reading English language books don't depend on their local book shops any more and can obtain the books via the web now.