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Originally Posted by sbroome
"When something isn't available as an e-book, people will copy it, so the wise thing to do would be to make the book available as an e-book. "
People pirate even if things are available and they just don't want to pay for them. This "Oliver Twist just wants a bowl of ebooks" nonsense needs to be put to rest.
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That people who don't want to pay for books will simply download them may be true, but it still has nothing to do with anything that I said. Oliver Twist is a poor analogy, as I never suggested authors give their books away.
A book is going to be available as an e-book whether or not the author offers it for sale as an e-book. Shake your fist at that fact if you want, but the fact remains unchanged. Not offering a book as an e-book doesn't protect an author from illegal copying. If an e-book is available only as an illegal download, people who would otherwise pay for it often will illegally download it. Therefore, the logical thing to do is to offer the book for sale as an e-book.