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Clint, I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'm just not seeing the "growing extremely quickly" that you refer to in your post.
I'm a book hoarder. I'll freely admit it. And what I get frustrated about is when I want a book (in e-format, of course) and it is not available to legitimately purchase ANYWHERE. I've run into this problem I don't know how many times. There's also the problem that publishers of out-of-print works aren't hurrying to get those in ebook format, even though I can think of at least two series (not single books, series of +10) that I'd buy in a heartbeat. I can't be the only one, either.
Why are publishers shooting themselves in the feet?
One of the previous posters is correct: If I can get a book through legitimate means and it is priced decently, I'd MUCH rather buy it than go to the trouble of tracking it down illegally. But, until the publishers get their heads out of their you-know-where's and catch up to the technology and get those books out there available, they are leaving people little choice. I'm not buying the "We can't afford to hire more people to get this done" argument that I've heard from three publishers I've contacted so far. The initial costs of hiring the people to help them get these books out are going to be exponentially returned when the books are available for sale.
PWJone said:
1. All titles need to be on eBook
2. They must be readily available and downloadable.
That is precisely the whole thing in a nutshell.
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