In my opinion, the whole article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...d-books-piracy
is bulls***. There are so many pirated books around, even some of the bestsellers, that there is enough to make e-readers profitable for the cheap and criminal minded.
you can't compare owners of mp3-players with owners of e-readers. there are too different.
i guess that every owner of an e-reader owns an mp3-player, but only some mp3 owners own an e-reader too.
the same was with the printed books. there where always more copies of records, tapes and cd's than books sold.
but that is my opinion.
take care
harry