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Originally Posted by Happ
So, back to basics. Who believes in this forum we can sell non-DRM e-books and not be swallowed by free file-sharing? That many? Great. Now think carefully about strategies to convince publishers and authors of that.
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Alrighty...
Hmmmm...most all of us that read have supported free sharing of paper books for years...
One book gets bought at Christmas and gets passed through the entire family...
Then the book gets loaned to a friend who maybe shares it with his family...
Or, as mentioned above, a library buys it and 1000s read it...
So really, isn't the difference between paper books and ebooks just a matter of scale?
Isn't the original purchaser allowed to share with as many friends and family as he cares to?
(Sure, you could share an ebook and still keep a copy, but for the most part, once it is read, you're done with it).