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Originally Posted by PKFFW
The best situation in your opinion.
Really, why should all books be made available for free or for a symbolic price? Someone has gone to the effort of writing that story so why should you not go to the effort of paying a reasonable price for it if you want to read it?
I'm all for libraries and if you want to wait in line until you can borrow a copy that is fine, but the idea that all books must be available for free to everyone is just plain selfish. The work you do you expect to be paid for don't you?
Cheers,
PKFFW
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1. Symbolic price of 1$ would be a nice addition for the authors. As long as no one takes a cut of that. Because now, possibly up to 80% of your money doesn't go to the author, but rather to some middle-men.
2. If it was 1$, or even up to 3$, the price would be so low that piracy would almost completely disappear. Why bother looking for books, downloading from some garbage-level sources, if the real deal is so cheap. Anyone with a e-book reader could afford to purchase books. Obviously readers will become cheaper with time too.
3. There are still book collectors. Paper book is not only a nice interior element, but it also got style. Smell alone elevates a fresh book above e-book. So paper book would still keep it's price and possibly even become more valuable.
4. Friendly advice to publishers. Instead of trying to criminalize people, try adapting. Many people pirate because of money shortage, but there is also another reason. Movies/games/music/books, you name it everything is easier to access via illegal sources. If I wanted to purchase a movie, first problem I would encounter would be various geographical issues. Then of course shipping would cost extra money and time. After that I would obviously need to buy bluray player, because I got used to HDTV so much I could not possibly consider watching DVD quality movies. While I can do that with my laptop and 10$ costing hdmi cable, I wouldn't be able to watch it from bluray disk. When all those problems arise it's not hard to understand that money isn't the only reason people pirate.