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Old 04-03-2009, 03:12 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
Wow, spending 12 hours to scan a book you could buy for $9.99 (or so) seems like alot of time. Could you not perhaps find it "online", if you know what I mean, wink wink.

PIRACY IS WRONG!

BOb
No, it isn't available "online" anywhere, except at Amazon, and it's Topaz DRM'd. Not even "illegitimately" is it available. The only way for me to get this particular book in electronic format was to scan it myself, which is what I did.

From my experience with the darknet, I think the piracy issue is overstated, at least in the case of the mystery series that I like to read. When I've gotten desperate enough to look there, I've had little to NO luck finding anything.
Now if I was into contemporary paranormal romance.... , it'd be a different story.

ETA: not that there's anything wrong with contemporary paranormal romance, mind you...
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