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If someone demands something that is good for you should you then ignore the suggestion out of principle?
I believe the saying is 'Dont bite off your nose to spite your face'.
Rather than discuss the way some people are asking/demanding for an improvement or making suggestions/demands for how to improve MR and get more people reading the great MR books... why not discuss the actual suggestion itself?
The suggestion seems on the face of it to be both achievable, realistic and in line with what MR wants to achieve.
It would be interesting to see anyone suggest any reason why the community couldnt/shouldnt be engaged in creating a great resource like this.
Let me gaze into my crystal ball...
3 months from now some individuals create a great torrent file containing all of MR's books and then starts to distribute it, its a really good torrent as its kept up to date and is clearly set up so people can easily select and download just the books they want.
Another person sets up a site for people to find out about this torrent(as MR keep deleting teh posts from the forums here) and to allow discussion of the torrent and details of any errors or missing books people find, they tack on a little forum for that discussion.
Now when people do a google search for free ebooks or ebook forum they have a choice of two sites, one where they can easily download the best versions of ebooks as created by MR uploaders.
Or visit the MR site and spend a couple of hours downloading a 100 books that they decide THEY want to keep on their device.
Eventually more and more people stop visiting MR so dont join the forums or click on any of the adverts on MR...
OR
MR catches up with the rest of the world and actively promotes their torrents(bit like Baen) in line with the seeming attitude of most of its users who believe in both technology and sharing Ebooks(where the legal rights allow) More people start to visit MR and download and discuss the books etc etc
Seems a no brainer to me? can anyone suggest a reason why MR wouldnt do this that isnt mired in the same hysterics and fear that we lambast publishers and publishing houses for?
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