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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
As long as they charge close to the same price for an ebook as they do for paper (and I don't buy for a second the claims that the printing/distribution/warehousing costs associated with a physical product are a negligible portion of the costs of publishing), and as long as they wrap their product in DRM, then go get the content for free.
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Publishers seem to have all sorts of crazy ideas.
In the print book domain, one thing that has cost many (hundreds) of potential sales with me has been the trend of switching from the mass-market paperback format to the larger trade paperback. I like acid free paper as much as anyone else, but if the book isn't a hardback, I'm happier to pay $7.99 rather than $14 - $16.
No matter what others may think about how morally bankrupt downloading ebooks is, I still think it's funny that due to publishing schemes, people are investing small amounts in tech that practically pays for itself.