[jakewastaken]

People like me may not make the ebooks popular, but I can tell you everyone who knows me now wants to get a dedicated reader device sometime soon. Proliferation of either format or hardware equals a win for book enthusiasts. Call me greedy all you want, I know we'll never see eye to eye either, as acidzebra has wisely pointed out. Either scanning will become more popular and more accurate or more publishers will create legit downloads. I'm happy no matter what, and I think other people will be as well. It's the people who drag their asses in this digital age who get truly screwed. Either you embrace new market trends and formats or you get eaten alive. The movie and music industries have no choice but to adapt or die, and publishers will face that same turning point at an even later date. People are willing to spend money; piracy has never completely taken over, nor will it. Let's hope they're smart about this, even though we know other industries are only barely taking the hint (I'm looking at YOU RIAA,MPAA).

I'm clearly not on morally superior ground here and I don't really want to defend myself to someone who looks down on me. I just wanted to shed some light into the true piracy situation for people who have actually embraced it. I think I'm bowing out too. I'm not advocating piracy, but let's not pretend it doesn't exist and is of such sub-standard quality that it's not even an option. It clearly is for some people, even if what they're doing isn't "right."