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Originally Posted by ahi
I think even that's a pretty big stretch.
The average person is not going to boycott a bestseller because the publisher delayed (or declined to offer at all) the eBook version or be satisfied with a pirated PDF if they get the paper book for $20 - $40 dollars.
- Ahi
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My point is that ebook consumers are not "average". People who buy ebooks have also invested several hundred dollars in a device to read them and tend to be tech-savvy. Best-sellers like
The Lost Symbol are not exactly fine literature that people expect to re-read later. It's the kind of book you lend to someone and then just tell them to keep it.
The Lost Symbol isn't just number 1 on Amazon - it's number 1 at The Pirate Bay as well:
http://thepiratebay.org/top/601. That's a lot of people willing to be satisfied with a pirated pdf even when they can buy a nicely formatted ebook.