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Originally Posted by Quexos
Well I can assure you that what you found is NOT Retail quality
Retail quality is said of an ebook that is not just put together by fans or pirates but actually purchased then made available online. It is by definition the best quality version available. With table of content, complete text and nice formatting.
So I stand by what I said: Pirated Retail quality ebooks do exist but they are a small minority.
As for low or bad quality copies out there, they are no match to the Retail one can purchase on official sites thus I don't consider it worth worrying about for publishers or raving about for pirates.
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With all due respect, if you have not downloaded the pirated copies how can you say they are NOT retail quality?
As for pirated retail books being a small minority, I have to disgaree. I've done my own experiments and to be fair, easily 95% of what I looked at were indeed retail quality, linked Tables of Contents and all. I have compared retail copies with the pirated ones and yes, they are identical.
And as was pointed out earlier, it is incredibly easy to find these items if you know where to look. Invite-only or semi-closed registration torrent sites have so many retail quality e-books on them you'd be amazed.