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demoric · 10-02-2009, 11:43 AM

"How to get around corporate greed at Amazon?" I agree that it is the publisher who has marked the book up. Amazon's price of $9.99 for a classic seems to be a fair price to me Although I think around $7 would be better. However, what I recommend is just spending a few minutes using your googl-fu and you'll find Grapes of Wrath for download. Just thow in some extra words like "ebook download" and you'll find other places to purchase and format shift the book and some for "free" (meaning probably pirated) just be sure to verify the site's legal agreements, and use your own moral compass.

While I don't condone pirating as a means for getting works for free, I have been known to pickup an ebook when there wasn't one commercially available but only if I had a paper version. For example I used to have the "Lord of the Rings" books and darknet ebooks, but once they were available digitally I removed the darknet copies. Now I have the single hardback, paperback copies, and legitimate ebook copies.

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demoric Kindle 2 User Posts: 98 Karma: 496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: S.E. Kansas Device: Kindle 2	"How to get around corporate greed at Amazon?" I agree that it is the publisher who has marked the book up. Amazon's price of $9.99 for a classic seems to be a fair price to me Although I think around $7 would be better. However, what I recommend is just spending a few minutes using your googl-fu and you'll find Grapes of Wrath for download. Just thow in some extra words like "ebook download" and you'll find other places to purchase and format shift the book and some for "free" (meaning probably pirated) just be sure to verify the site's legal agreements, and use your own moral compass. While I don't condone pirating as a means for getting works for free, I have been known to pickup an ebook when there wasn't one commercially available but only if I had a paper version. For example I used to have the "Lord of the Rings" books and darknet ebooks, but once they were available digitally I removed the darknet copies. Now I have the single hardback, paperback copies, and legitimate ebook copies. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by demoric; 10-02-2009 at 11:58 AM.