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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
The way the real world works is that if people can get the product for less money, they will. There aren't many people who will say "No, that's too cheap, I insist on paying more."
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I completely agree on this one if there actually is a price to pay.
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There's nothing different about the way people buy books, it is like any other product. If you could illegally download physical products, some people would do it. No one cares how much work went into the car they drive, they care about the quality of the car and how cheaply they can get it.
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Again for buying books that will work. On illegaly free books it does not work like that every time. If you actively look for a certain book, because you don't want to pay for it (again) then you probably not going to pay for it later on. If you download a whole library of 2000, 3000, 6000 books then there is a higher chance of a later purchase of a certain book. There is no way anyone steals that many books and intends to read them all. I like the ability of browsing in a book leaf through a book before purchase. You cannot do that with an ebook the same way unless you already have the whole book. Certain people (not me for sure) decide if a book is interesting by reading the last few pages of it. That won't work with a sample chapter either. I don't even have a bookstore here other than Walmart here in town. The next one is about 50 miles away.