Thread: Do you pirate books and why?
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Old 03-09-2012, 11:31 AM   #524
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Originally Posted by Ophysette View Post
I have 2 maybe 3 pallet loads of books in the garage I can no longer access. something about shifting boxes in a wheelchair. I really don't think its fair that I have to buy -again- when the books are quite readable, I just can't get to them. I am also now on a fixed income and my budget is $30/mon rather than 150/mon. It was bad enough to have to replace the books that were held together by rubber bands, also replace those that wandered off when my son went to college.
Ebooks have been a godsend. So has Project Gutenburg and I bless Baen weekly.
Honestly, don't you think that gaining access to your own books is an issue for you to sort out, rather than using it as an excuse to legitimise piracy? Owning a paper book doesn't entitle you to a free ebook, any more than owning a hardback entitles you to a free paperback.
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