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Originally Posted by crossi
Also I do not believe that having the book on a torrent site really hurts sales. Most people are willing to pay for convenience and service. Amazon is a one stop place for buying books. No need to search the net trying to find the book you are looking for. You know Amazon is safe and you won't be downloading viruses or malware by shopping there. If books are updated and errors fixed Amazon will notify you and send the corrected book to you. They backup all your books for you free of charge, a useful service. They keep track of your notes and underlines for you. And they sync your books over multiple devices. These things apply to most of the legitimate vendors, I'm just using Amazon as an example. Most people prefer to buy things legally and with all the advantages you get from legal vendors I do not think the torrent sites really cause much loss of real sales. They lose more sales from people who don't like DRM and are afraid of one day losing their investment in books due to orphaned readers that are no longer supported.
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Yes.
There's a reason that we aren't down to just Walmart, Target, Lowe's, etc.
Corner convenience stores still exist, drugstores still exist, bookstores, etc...local businesses still exist.
Sure mega-stores have driven some businesses out with rock-bottom pricing...but not all restaurants are Taco Bell.
Adaptation is what is necessary. Good service, convenience, etc count for a lot.
For example, my wife occasionally pays for TV shows on itunes to watch on the go. Why? Because it's easy and she's lazy. I tell her not to pay for what we already have on the Tivo...it drives me crazy. Given some effort she can transfer the videos from the Tivo and convert...but that's too much effort. She'd rather pay $1.