Since the ease of downloading a book on a torrent is probably only slightly less than the ease of downloading 1,000 books, and some people can be such data hoarders, there are a certain amount of downloads of books that are probably completely worthless in this debate--a book may be downloaded (because it's free), never read (because it's free/comes as part of a large collection), and therefore not represent a lost sale or really anything else for that matter. Unlike listening to a song, reading a novel-length ebook represents a certain investment of time.
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