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Originally Posted by neilmarr
Don't forget, FormatC, that many of those white-haired, stoop-shouldered, friendly old book sellers we remember with a tear in our eye were often selling second-hand books with absolutely zero benefit to author, editor or publisher. It was the original book piracy. Neil
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Uh, no, it was a step towards the democratization of knowledge, allowing those of us who aren't wealthy to build respectable libraries. And, of course, it no doubt contributed to the sales of recent published works as well, on the same principle which has driven many publishers to provide the first ebook in a series gratis.