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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I don't think piracy impacts sales as much as publishers say it does. I have several ebook readers in my family and I'm the only one who knows what Calibre is or even knows what different formats are available. The rest use their devices the way the manufacturer hopes; they buy the books from whatever store the device is connected to and read on that device.
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Originally Posted by barryem
Here in my retirement home it's the same thing. There are several Kindles and a few Kobos and all of them get their books directly from Amazon and Kobo. There are two other people besides myself who have a computer and an internet connection but neither of them have the slightest idea how do do anything beyond Facebook and Youtube. Neither of them read much so those with ereaders don't even have a computer. They use the Wifi in the office to get their books.
Barry
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I agree with both of these. I know at least 10 people that have e-readers, and the only one who does anything other than read books that came from the store connected to the device is me. None of them back up their books in any way...they wouldn't have any idea how to. I tried to show my cousin how to do it using Calibre, and she had no interest. Not one of them has any idea how to find books that aren't easily available from the store attached to their reader. I tried sending another cousin a copy of Pride and Prejudice a few years ago that I downloaded from Mobileread, but she couldn't figure out how to get it onto her Nook and ended up just buying it from Barnes and Noble.
This is why I think that piracy is much less of a concern than the publishers and authors believe it to be. Personal experience...plus lack of any hard evidence that it is actually hurting the publishers in any way.
Shari