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Originally Posted by Icarusbop
I don't think many people here 'delight' in making such statements, my perception is they say 'If you won't provide it for me (ie make it available), I'll take it.' and quite a few still buy the paper version so the author still gets there cut.
True, it's illegal, but at least those (especially the ones who also buy the paper version) are trying to 'do the right thing' and ensure the author gets their bit.
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But is your perception, in fact, the reality? There is no direct evidence of increasing book sales, in fact, they seem to be steadily decreasing with everything else in this economy... so the idea that more people are buying printed books just to turn them into e-books sounds nice, but isn't backed up.
With a dearth of evidence, publishers have no choice but to respond to what they do have... which includes comments from MR members of being willing to go to the darknet. Maybe if those selfsame people were regularly contacting publishers and asking for the e-books they want, instead of regularly posting here that they'll just take them, publishers might react differently.
Readers and publishers are presently in an adversarial relationship. partially borne on a lack of information on both sides. Unless that changes, this problem isn't going to be fixed.