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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
When a cow in standing on my foot, I don't worry about understanding Bossy's problems - I just try to get her to move her foot by any means necessary. We're not trying to demonize, we're just trying to figure out how to get the publishing world to stop being in the 360 position. Becuase if they don't, to paraphrase Chairman Mao - "Let a thousand scanners bloom...". Because in the long haul, whengiven a chioce of nothing at all or something that you want that only available illegally, not everybody is going to maintain that high moral tone forever....
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You make it sound like it's our God-given right to have ebooks, and at a price we approve of. Hard to imagine a better way to make the more conservative publishers dig in their heels and say, "Screw 'em, they're all a bunch of pirates, anyway."
A more constructive approach might be to get people to write in to the publishers and say, "Hey, I really want to buy the latest Joe Gonzo in my [reader of choice] format! Why can't I find it? Or why is it priced so high?" Enough of those emails, and those who aren't already taking it seriously might start to. Don't expect results the next day, but keep after them.