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Originally Posted by acidzebra
For 99.9999% of all authors, piracy isn't an issue, obscurity is. For the ones lucky enough to have broken through the obscurity barrier, piracy has ceased to be an issue at all (unless they are exceptionally greedy and/or paranoid).
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That, I agree with, even for authors who sell only ebooks. I just believe they have somewhat more pressing concerns (not: reasons to be 100% against) about filesharing than authors who produce physical books.
Like authors of pbooks who give away some copies on book-signing tours, they have to consider how well the freebies work to bring publicity vs the lost sales. It's a balancing act, and one that currently, they have no effective way to manage, unlike authors who give away pbooks.