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Originally Posted by Belfaborac
I ticked once in a while, since I have about 20-25 books obtained from the "DarkNet". All are books I already own, which have yet to emerge in digital form. Once in a while I look them up in Calibre and do a search to see if they've become available as e-books. If or when I find that they are, I'll happily buy them. In several cases (though not all, I think) I have also e-mailed the authors to tell them I've done this and to say I hope their books will be released as e-books soon.
I don't consider this pirating, but for the purposes of the poll I suppose it serves as such.
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If you do continue to write the authors, make it clear that you bought the paperback book already. I've seen two authors post lately about fan mail from people who write and tell them they downloaded the book from a pirate site and "just loved it" and wanted to let the author know. It's very difficult to reply to those emails. It's a bit different if you're making it clear that you did buy the book, but wanted to be able to buy it ebook. (It's also different if the ebook exists.)
Fan mail can be a difficult thing sometimes.
