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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If you take the book home with you then yes, the author should get paid and downloading the book to your Kindle or computer (IMHO) should count as taking it home.
There's nothing to stop you from downloading a sample, reading that and then deciding. That's your browsing at the library and deciding not to borrow it.
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I disagree, Jon. Why should it count as taking the book home, and not just perusing a few pages in the library? Sounds arbitrary either way. My reasoning is that kindle samples are not a good enough indicator. I have never based my decision to purchase an ebook off the samples on Amazon since they are usually comprised of just the contents table, introduction/preface/acknowledgements and a handful of pages from chapter 1. All they have ever helped me with is in checking the formatting by the publisher. Not the actual content. I wouldn't check an unknown physical book out of the library after that small a sampling, and I certainly would not base my decision to borrow an ebook off the Amazon samples. 10% seems a fair enough compromise.