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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
Hence, as long as we can't transform it into an estimate of lost book sales these discussions seem kind of pointless.
In some way or other people are affected by the easy availability of free reading, positive for readers, perhaps less so for writers. We just don't know how. As far a I know, there have never been any large scale survey on this phenomena.
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I am surprised that I have not found any surveys. I can only think that researchers feel it is a does dog bite postman thesis. I have found some commentary from other industries. Here is an article about the effect of free adult entertainment on the adult entertainment industry.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/20...orn02_ST_N.htm
As you would expect, the free content has a negative effect on sales and profits.