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Lemurion · 11-24-2009, 08:33 AM

All this does is give pirates with scanners first crack. They can get their versions out long before anyone can buy it legally.

Taking Stephen King as an example: It took about five seconds to find a darknet copy (or at least something purporting to be one - I didn't download it to find out). The books are out there - they need to be where we can exchange money for them.

I wouldn't mind the delay if they released the ebooks at paperback prices (or lower) and released them with the paperback. I use ebooks to replace paperbacks anyway.

11-24-2009, 08:33 AM	#2
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	All this does is give pirates with scanners first crack. They can get their versions out long before anyone can buy it legally. Taking Stephen King as an example: It took about five seconds to find a darknet copy (or at least something purporting to be one - I didn't download it to find out). The books are out there - they need to be where we can exchange money for them. I wouldn't mind the delay if they released the ebooks at paperback prices (or lower) and released them with the paperback. I use ebooks to replace paperbacks anyway. Last edited by Lemurion; 11-24-2009 at 08:36 AM. Reason: additional info.