Thread: Do you pirate books and why?
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Old 02-04-2012, 06:27 PM   #230
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash View Post
Not in my mind. The Publisher or the Author has not tried to make the book available in the format that I read. When they do, I will buy the e-book.

Admittedly, there are books I would love to read as e-books that are not available that I have not gone searching for. I am thinking of John Dos Passos. I really want to re-read the USA trilogy but is not available as an e-book. I get that there are fewer people who are interested in reading his stuff because he is not as well known. There is a backlog for putting older books into e-book format. I get that.

JKR has made a consciencious decision to not make her books available as e-books. She has made them available as audio books, many editions of paper and hard back books, movies, legos, video games, and other mediums. I don't feel in the least bit bad about reading her books on my e-reader because she has decided to screw with her fans. She has gone so far as to promise the books, delay the books, give an unambiguous date as to when the books will be available. In my mind she has given me the finger and I am fine with giving it right back to her. When she makes them available as e-books I will buy them.

So I guess I take issue with living authors who are trying to tell me that one (or more) format is acceptable but the format that is now developing and growing in popularity is some how or another problematic does not deserve my patience and or understanding.
That's pretty much what I said, if the ebooks aren't available why not just buy the paperback (The Right to read the content of the book) and then just download the ebook? Unless of course there is a ebook that can be purchased.
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