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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Burying their heads in the sand and defending the system that they know, while understandable, is not helping them. Hardback books are not going to bring in the volume they used to. That money is gone. Trying to jack up e-book prices, legally or illegally, to protect the hardback and trade paperback is not going to work. If they keep that up, piracy will thrive and people who would be happy to be a reasonably priced e-book on launch day are going to justify pirating the book instead.
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You are probably right. There will be the inevitable comments that piracy is wrong which is beside the point. Wether it is immoral or not it will happen and the best way to combat it is to offer books at reasonable prices and more conveniently and safely than pirate sites can offer.