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Originally Posted by dirtylc
I am simply telling you that corporations profit from uneducated customers. CARE TO DISAGREE WITH THAT. Oh, yes. That being said I understand where you are coming from no one likes to be called misguided but unfortunately desert grandma they are. You and me don't represent the vast amount of e reader owners. I was talking to an older woman who had owned a Kindle for months and she looked at me in utter shock when I told her that there were tons of free e book sites on line.That sort of innocence  is what these publishing houses are preying on, so stop with your feigned insults and directives. I can post where I like.[/QUOTE]
Its not the publishers place to educate people. If you buy a device and are so naive as to not at least do the basic research for other means of reading books, whose responsibility is it to tell you about it?
A simple 'free books on kindle" in the google page would have given practically unlimited sites.
The Amazon discussion pages are filled with those free book posts, as well as links to other sites, such as this one. How do you think we (most of us, anyway) all got here?
If you and I don't represent the vast majority of e-book readers, that is, if the vast majority are too lazy or ignorant to at least get on google and do just a simple search, then the fault lies with the person, not the publishers.
A little personal responsibility here would work wonders.
Publishers aren't "preying" on anything. They're simply putting books out there at the price they feel will sell. If they do sell at that price, they will continue to do so. If they stop selling at that price, they will lower it. |
I agree with DG. And I'm certainly not misguided.