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Originally Posted by nekokami
When you borrow a book from a friend, the friend has paid for the book. Quite possibly you are also paying for books and loaning them to your friend, as well, or providing some other compensatory value to your friend as part of your friendship. If I recall correctly, publishers estimate that each physical book gets read by 4-10 people. Presumably they take that into account in the price of the book and the compensation to the author, even if only tacitly. The problem with downloads is that circulation is several orders of magnitude higher than paper circulation is ever likely to be. This completely unbalances the model.
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Perhaps that is the REAL reason why e-books aren't cheaper than p-books: publishers estimate that 40 people will get a pirated copy for each e-book sold?