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Originally Posted by xg4bx
give people a solid product at a fair price and they'll buy it. thats the way its always been and the way it always will be.
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That works in general, but the fact is there are plenty of people out there who are happy to take everything they can get for nothing (the actual cost is irrelevant), and have absolutely no misgivings about it. In saying that, the way the 'establishment' adds up the figures to harp on about lost sales is complete rubbish, because very few sales would have been made to this group of people in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Randeep
Piracy is an issue. I know plenty of people who pirate books, movies and music.
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It definitely is an issue, immaterial of whether it's personal anecdotes or not. The question is how much of an issue it is, and if it actually results in less book sales/income for authors & publishers compared to how much is lost from second hand books is possibly the big question?
In terms of DRM and loaning/gifting books to family & friends, perhaps something that allows anyone to read the book but only on person at a time - so the same as a physical book? Although publishers wouldn't really be interested as it still doesn't equal sales for them.