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Old 01-28-2011, 03:51 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by Lemurion View Post
It is reasonable to believe that 100% of the people downloading unauthorized ebooks are ebook downloaders. They may or may not be readers, but we don't know that.

Also, ebook piracy, like reading in general, is on a relatively small scale in comparison to music and movies. There may be more volume there than current ebook sales, but that still doesn't mean it's a large market. Ebooks are still a niche market, even with piracy.
MP3 players didn't really take off until piracy went mainstream with all the publicity that Napster got. I would say hardware ebook readers are in their pre-Napster stage at the moment, though they do seem to be getting steadily cheaper year after year. I don't think they will become mass market until you can buy them in Tesco/Wallmart type places for the price of a couple of hardbacks.
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