Thread: John Grisham speaks out on the future of pbooks and ebooks
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Old 11-21-2009, 06:37 AM   #142
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Originally Posted by SanFranMatt View Post
Why would anybody assume that people don't pirate the digital books? When Grisham considers whether or not to go digital, I'd imagine piracy is the #1 reason for him to hesitate. If he was able to (hypothetically) sell an ebook that simply cannot be pirated, I'd imagine he would have released his books in ebook a long time ago.
People pirate pbooks! (scanner + OCR). No need to wait for the ebook. In fact, all Grisham books are already available as ebooks in the darknet.
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