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Old 04-29-2011, 08:18 AM   #518
dippybird
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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom View Post
This is a thread discussing the problem of pirating-there are plenty of threads complaining about the availability and price of ebooks-pirating is never the answer.
the post i wrote was to make the point that people pirate because of ludicrous price for ebooks vs paper while i dont agree with pirating at all i can kind of see why so many do it, i have a set of paper books that i cannot buy legally for a reader and they are getting worn out because i have read them so often (duncton books by william horwood) they are now becoming even harder to find in paperback, i have written to the publisher but they are unable to help with regard to ereader or new copies of these books so i have to make do with wearing out my copies, so if anyone does ever make them into e reader format it would have to be pirate where does that leave me, unable to buy because they are illegal copies and unable to buy a legal copy, ai totally agree that piracy is not an option but for some books its fast becoming the only option
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