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Originally Posted by Daithi
P.S. Since I had to wait 24 hours to get the ebook version, I did something I normally would never have done. I downloaded a copy of bittorrent and then downloaded a partial copy of the book. Someone scanned and uploaded the first 14 chapters of the book. Then at midnight the next day I purchased the full Kindle version. Had someone scanned the whole book I would have done the same thing (downloaded it but also bought it). I am sure there are people that disagree with my actions, but I can live with myself. I am also sure that there are people that would have downloaded the scanned book and not bought it. Just thought I would mention this observation -- for whatever it is worth.
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and *that* is one of the key reasons it is completely idiotic for publishers to hold back the release of ebooks until *after* paper versions.