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Originally Posted by Amalthia
Sadly, Baen is the only publisher that seems to have a clue as to what their customers want. So I do buy ebooks from them because they provide value at a low cost. And what they offer is worth more than "free."
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They are not the only ones, for the record. There are a number of small pubs and independents that provide similarly customer-friendly service and value. And just as Napster influenced online music enterprise, hopefully the influence of indies and small pubs will eventually influence the big pubs to be more customer-friendly.
TPB takes advantage of a singular lack of customer-friendliness in the online entertainment industry, in order to thrive. In fact, if the entertainment industry at large had been more customer-friendly, TPB would not have had as large a market of illegal material, and they would not have risen to enough prominence to be attacked by the entertainment industry. (So, in a way, the entertainment industry has caused their own problem...)
If that industry changes its tack and becomes more customer-friendly and value-added, you'll see a lot less patronage of sites like TPB.