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Originally Posted by bucsie
One might have $50 but not $5000 which is what a virtual library might cost. So in that, there is a lack of funds. How can one make so that those money get to the authors?
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It would still be better to take that $50 and buy one ebook from each of your five favourite authors, than to give it to people who have not contributed to the books at all.
As for ebook costs. The average amount I paid for the ebooks I read (that weren't free) in 2010 was $3.66:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...47&postcount=3
The average amount so far in 2011 is $4.01:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...2&postcount=52
So I reckon you might have been able to find more than five ebooks to spend the $50 on.
Indeed, at Baen books, $50 would get you about 20 ebooks.
You should no more give money to ebook pirates than you should respond to the adverts in spam.