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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I myself, would dismiss the "loss of a sale" with either scenario (casual lending/format shifting) as entirely speculative (and unlikely). Another thing regarding the "loss of sale" mantra--in regard to lending--is that it ignores any potential (and possibly multiple) future "gain of sales" of an author's other (or future) books that such a lending can generate. Just as subjective/speculative as the "loss of a sale," of course, but still.
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Why do you think that "lending" - ie giving someone of a copy - of a book is unlikely to result in a lost sale?