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Originally Posted by binzer
I would think that authors would be FOR people pirating their books, assuming the person already owns them in paper form (and assuming that they're not for sale as ebooks legally). If someone already owns them, and wants to get an ebook version because they love the work so much, I think that's a good thing. It's certainly a lot less harmful than people lending out their books (which is actually actively reducing sales), although in both situations word of mouth is likely, and that's a good thing.
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This might fit the world of
printed authors, and serve as promotion of their printed works.
However, you should be aware that a lot of authors out there today are only selling in e-book formats, me included. So piracy of my works doesn't serve as promotion for my print books... there aren't any.
Besides... I'm not going to condone someone stealing an apple, then telling all his buddies, "Hey, you should buy Farmer Jones' apples, they're great!"