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Originally Posted by GhostHawk
When publishers start putting backlist Ebooks 5 years or so out of print for sale at reasonable prices 1 -3 $ who will take the time to pirate?
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I think you've hit the nail on the head. The "Darknet" is somewhat risky to search (malware/viruses), has mixed results and requires at least a little technical knowledge. In a perfect world, where every work by every author never went "out of print" (what's the term for ebooks?
), most people are going to choose to go straight to the source and pay for an easily findable, reliably well-formatted copy. It's worked with music already, and I think the same will apply with books.
Many of my college friends had huge collections of music they'd downloaded or traded for. Once they had incomes they started buying their music. There will always be some folks who download free copies, just like there will always be shoplifters. But overall if the publishers make the experience an easy and economical one, most readers will choose to buy their books.