Back before Amazon (though I think that Sony started their ebook store first, I bought a lot of books for my PRS-500 before the Kindle came out). Your basic choices were PD, Baen and pirate. Most of the major SF books were and probably still are available via the dark net.
At the time, many felt that it was ok to pirate, if the book was not available otherwise and if you already owned a dead tree version. Personally, I consider that a defensible position.
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