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Originally Posted by aleks
It all simply boils down to paying the author for his or her work. Everyone wants to get paid for what they produce. It is up to the author to give away freebies. It is not for others to decide that the author can afford to lose book profits.
If I were an author and someone was stealing my book profits by posting ebooks then it would sure sour me on the idea of publishing in the electronic arena.
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But there is more to a book than simply the author. Do not forget the editor (or editors) that helped the book alone, the agents that were able to place the book for publication, and the publisher that funded all of them in the hopes of getting a return on their investment. We could add the printers, the distributors, the artists that drew the graphics, the photographers, and the sales agents to the mix. I'm sure that I'm mising some people in the chain, sorry about that.