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Not in the slightest, IMHO. Remember, book downloaders are criminals. Appealing to the "honour" of such people to only download books if they own a paper copy would be an exercise in futility. Rather like a heroin dealer saying "you should only buy heroin from me if you have a prescription for it from your doctor"
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Downloading copyrighted works is NOT a criminal offence. It is not even a civil offense. Uploading of copyrighted material is a civil offense. To be a criminal offense the works have to be offered for financial gain. Such people are hardly in the same league as heroin dealers!
Studies show that file sharers, on average, spend more on media than non file sharers.