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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's pretty easy to steal from your local grocery store, too. Most people, however, would not do so on the grounds that it's wrong, not because it's hard to do.
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Yep, but what we have to remember is that for the vast majority of people, most of what they want at a grocery store is easily found and purchased at reasonable prices. It gets fuzzier when the price gets higher or the availability declines. There is a reason that most jewelry stores keep their stock in locked cases.
As e-books start taking off, and more and more and more people buy readers, many of them are going to want to read all of their books on them. Now if the publishing industry acts like the recording industry did, they will drag their feet with respect to converting all of their books, particularly their back list to e-book format. Certainly some authors have tried very hard to keep their books in paper format. Ultimately though, if the titles are popular, its simply going to encourage people to do it themselves. Look at how long and hard it took the recording industry to train people to get back into the habit of actually paying for their music (if they have even done it yet). The Publishing industry doesn't have that problem yet, but if they continue to drag their heels on selling e-books, the same problem will develop.
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Bill