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AdamV · 03-16-2011, 04:39 PM

Ok, then I honestly admit - I am a book pirate!

50% of my piracy comes from that I pay for the ebooks from US webshops while not being US resident, if I only can and are attract by the book, I do want to support the author!

the other 50% of the piracy of mine is b/c (shame on me!) I remove DRM from the ebooks - since I find most (if not every) retail epub edition providing too big font size for me, I need to change it and the only way to do that I know is to use Calibre, and the only way to accomplish that is to remove ebook's DRM

Anyway, even when I pay and support the authors and the publishers - I am still considered a 100% (50% + 50%) pirate in current market! You say some prices are crazy - I'd say that THIS is madness!

03-16-2011, 04:39 PM	#49
AdamV Censored Posts: 105 Karma: 20724 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Kobo Aura HD (brown), Asus DR 900	Ok, then I honestly admit - I am a book pirate! 50% of my piracy comes from that I pay for the ebooks from US webshops while not being US resident, if I only can and are attract by the book, I do want to support the author! the other 50% of the piracy of mine is b/c (shame on me!) I remove DRM from the ebooks - since I find most (if not every) retail epub edition providing too big font size for me, I need to change it and the only way to do that I know is to use Calibre, and the only way to accomplish that is to remove ebook's DRM Anyway, even when I pay and support the authors and the publishers - I am still considered a 100% (50% + 50%) pirate in current market! You say some prices are crazy - I'd say that THIS is madness!