[crich70]

I think part of the problem is the lack of substance an ebook has compared to a pbook. I mean with a pbook you have to go to the actual store to acquire a copy (stolen or paid for) and whether a person pays for their book or steals it there is something physical about it (the book), and you have to do real labor to get it (and pay $ if you get it legally), but with an ebook you can either go through a legal store or download an illegal copy with an equal lack of effort (not that it being easy makes it right). The difference being that with a legal ebook you may find your bank account diminished slightly to cover the purchase price. You can't hold an ebook in your hand like a pbook. You can hold an ebook reader, but the actual ebook itself has no real substance.