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Originally Posted by darryl
The plain fact of the matter, a fact which many publishers seem either not to grasp or not to care, is that there are in fact more options than that. I'm not going to go so far as to say I condone piracy, which is of course one of those options but not the only one. But nor should we ignore it and pretend that it doesn't exist. There will no doubt be some piracy whatever the price. However, based on anecdotal evidence, I suspect that the higher the price is set the more the book will be pirated. If this is in fact the case I'm sure that the publishers are aware of it and take it into account. Fortunately, it seems that the vast majority of people are law abiding and do not resort to piracy, even if they perceive themselves as being ill-treated. But a great many of these still won't buy the book, at least not at that time. They may choose to wait for the price to come down, and I'm sure potential sales are lost as some of these people lose interest in the book over time. Others may endure some delay and borrow from a library or even from friends or family. And, of course, as time passes used copies increasingly become available.
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So, do you think the "give me what I want at the price I want or I'm taking it for free" stance is defensible?