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Originally Posted by acidzebra
Hopefully it sends two signals:
a) piracy exists and there is a proven demand for your content
b) you haven't found the proper way to capitalize on your content
Piracy won't go away, period. That is understood, right? Whether or not publishers create electronic versions of their books, they will get scanned or otherwise digitized, and they will be distributed. So publishers will have to find a price point and distribution method that compares favorably. (hint: suing the crap out of random people like the RIAA does won't help - music piracy is alive and well, even in the USA).
The question is "WHY doesn't Jake buy his books". He has already indicated that economic means have something to do with it, although that can't be the entire reason. I'm willing to bet that availability is also tied into it. Jake?
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Quite true. I'm jealous of the Kindle's selection (Amazon's library makes me salivate) but I don't need the whisepernet and the unit is terribly ugly to me. The Sony reader was sexy, cheaper and easier to deal with regarding pirated material. Many of the books I want are not directly sold in the lrf format. He has a point about never ever buying ebooks. When I find something I really want to read and it's already in the format I want at a reasonable pricepoint, (hopefully under $10), it'd be easier for me to download that file and pay for it. I have to fire up Calibre a lot but, it does a great job of converting most of the books out there in other formats. Shopping on a website is much more convenient than pirating and converting. I don't go out of my way to pirate, but other people have made the books I usually like available to me and right now it's just that much more convenient. I'll buy some ebooks when I find one I want, although I don't really feel the the need to be a crusader among digital formats. E-readers are never going to completely go away. I have every confidence in the fact that I will always be able to get a new one. I don't care if other people stick to books till the end of the next century. Books rock in every format available.
Oh yeah. "Hey you damn kids, get off my lawn!"