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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
Please take into account all those people who can see all the books in the online stores, but can't buy them - and perhaps won't have a bank account ever in their lives. Yet darknet is available to everyone who happens to sit in front of the keyboard in an online cafe.
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The economic gap between countries is perhaps one of the last significant issues that we, as a people, must deal with in order to bring true equality to the planet. As someone who would love to be able to offer my e-books to people in other countries, I, too, wish there was an alternative method of delivery where PayPal-type services and credit cards are not available.
This is an argument for finding workable methods of selling an e-book, perhaps through middlemen who are capable of bridging the gap to broker a transaction across disparate economic boundaries, or by other creative marketing and selling methods. If such middlemen existed, I, for one, would be more than willing to offer my novels for sale through them, at prices that were more appropriate for other countries' financial realities. I extend to anyone who believes they can accomplish this an invitation to make my books available. I also extend to anyone in such a situation to e-mail me directly, in order to work out a suitable method of transaction.
However, it is still not a rationalization for accepted piracy via the Darknet.