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Sydney's Mom · 05-01-2011, 03:21 PM

I don't feel comfortable getting a book off the darknet, why would I feel comfotable getting the same from a friend?

I tried this with the ebook of Stephen King's The Dome, which was windowed. I got a version off the darknet, and signed up for the ebook. Buy the time the ebook was released, the price was down to $7 because of all the pirating, and the fact that the hardcover was the object of a price was between Amazon, Target and WalMart.

Although I convinced myself that no one was hurt, I didn't feel good about that, and have not done it since.

05-01-2011, 03:21 PM	#26
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	I don't feel comfortable getting a book off the darknet, why would I feel comfotable getting the same from a friend? I tried this with the ebook of Stephen King's The Dome, which was windowed. I got a version off the darknet, and signed up for the ebook. Buy the time the ebook was released, the price was down to $7 because of all the pirating, and the fact that the hardcover was the object of a price was between Amazon, Target and WalMart. Although I convinced myself that no one was hurt, I didn't feel good about that, and have not done it since. Last edited by Sydney's Mom; 05-02-2011 at 02:41 PM.