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To add to that, there are people who want to read on their eReader books that they already paid for in one form or another.
I, for example, have bought multiple copies of every Harry Potter book, one for myself and one each for two teen relatives. Is it really hurting the companies if I want to have a digital copy that I can carry around?
I recently listened to a (paid for) audio version of the Time Traveller's Wife and wanted to read it. But I cannot get a digital edition and do not like to carry paper copies around. I would pay for a digital copy if it were legally available but it isn't. So if, at some point, I were to find a digital copy, how is the publisher being harmed? I have bought a copy of the book already (albeit an audio one) and have no intention of buying a print copy under any circumstances...
Certainly these are rationalizations. But I fail to see how anyone is harmed in either case.
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