Yes is the short answer... but I'd love to know where the mythic collections of "every" ebook are on computers "somewhere" considering that only books that have been printed since DTP were produced on computer, everything else was produced with printing plates (which tended to wear out or be melted down depending on methodology) and hasn't been magically put on computers yet. Even if a book was produced via computer, in the early days, the value of maintaining the files was not so obvious considering the then costs of storage.
And secondly, what Sydney's Mom says... price elsewhere, piracy here
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Originally Posted by dippybird
what i cant understand is that every single book printed is on a computer somewhere ready to be sent to printers to print onto paper, so why oh why cant i get the 6 william horwood duncton books in pdf format id happily pay proper price, but can someone tell me whyit costs more to buy a pdf book legally than a paper book the pdf can be put on a disc that costs pence takes seconds then posted, a paper book has to be printed on paper bound crated send to distribution warehouse sent to store then finally sold, am i missing something here
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