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Old 04-28-2012, 10:23 AM   #215
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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn View Post
That would translate into 50 million downloads a year, that in turn implies a fair number of books that will not be sold, due to lack of available reading time. The difficulty is in estimating that. Would 1 500 000 unsold books seem realistic? Higher? Lower?
How many of those downloads replaced a trip to the library to borrow a paper book or a trip to the flea market to buy a cheap used book?

People's reading habits are changing due to new technology, but there isn't any way to equate public domain downloads with lost book sales.
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