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Originally Posted by alecE
Let's see, if the industry does have rational brain cells, they would make it easy for me to buy and read the first book of a series, so that if I liked it I could buy the remaining titles...
I want to buy Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell in eformat:
Is it available in the UK? - no, not at the moment
Can I buy it from the US? - no, regionally restricted
Are there illegal copies available? - you betcha
So if I follow this through to the logical but illegal conclusion, I could download a pirate copy for free, or could even download Cornwell's entire œuvre for free, but I cannot legally **BUY** a copy and put money in the publisher's and author's hands.
Rational brain cell count = zero
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With you there. Geo restrictions are shaping up for me, the number one reason to go "look elsewhere" or to do the "naughty" IP shuffle/location lie to get the book I want.
I want to buy the book, I want to do the right thing and you won't let me?
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Originally Posted by Jack Tingle
My one plea: never pirate a Baen (or other DRM-free) book.
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Absolutely! I will add to that regarding self published authors like Michael McCollum