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Originally Posted by Nick_Djinn
I cant respond to everyone all at once.
If its unclear, then its not an argument for or against. Also, the current system we have with e-books at the public library is unsatisfactory. Checking out books is a nuisance, and ebooks are usually CHECKED OUT!!! WTF? How can an ebook be checked out? They get one copy, and you have to return your "ebook" before somebody else can have it on their reader? Are you F-ing kidding me?.....Think maybe that is why its not a preferred alternative to piracy? Because its faster and easier to pirate, and once its downloaded you KNOW its going to be there?
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As Leebase said, yeah, stealing is always easier. If you don't have moral qualms, of course.
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%15 is 15%. The other factor is the shipping, and the number of middle men. The Publisher, the distributor, the corporate distributor, the regional corporate distributor, the store, then the overhead for the storefront and all the employees......Sure, it produces 'jobs', but are needless jobs the answer? We should be finding ways to become more competitive in production again, not become a society of paper shufflers who dig holes just to fill them up.
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This bit sort of epitomizes the ignorance you've shown in most of your posts. You have both invented a bunch of non-existent jobs ("corporate distributors," "regional corporate distributor"), and apparently added "corporate" to their titles to make them look useless.
The fact is, editors, proof-readers, distributors, cover designers, etc. all add value to the book and deserve to be paid for their work.
But if you don't want to pay them, just look for free books from an indie source.