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I agree completely that scanned copies will be available no matter what, but an ebook version does simplify piracy. It is easier to circumvent DRM than to scan and proof read a physical book. The other thing an ebook version does is provide an alternative to piracy (buy the ebook). If a publisher decides to delay publishing in ebook form to reduce piracy they a) don't reduce piracy and b) reduce sales from those of us who only buy in ebook form.
The real test of what publishers are concerned about is what they do, not what they say. Some publishers did take action about geographical ebook rights (they want their slice of the pie, even when they don't have ebook versions yet), but no major publisher has refused to publish ebooks in a particular format because its DRM has been circumvented. Sony even switched from the secure LRX to the circumvented Adobe ePub, and no one seems to have complained.
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