Thread: Is pirating a book that you already own ethical? Yes says NY Times Columnist.
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Old 04-09-2010, 03:03 PM   #59
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Originally Posted by dpapathanasiou View Post
Peter explains the reasons for deliberately pirating his own book here: http://techcrunch.com/2009/12/19/bri...-to-the-party/
That article had an interesting claim--
"The hardcore book buyers who regularly buy hardback books are also the ones most likely to have an e-reader...."

Which, if publishers believe, would explain why they think ebook sales are lost hardback sales. I'd love to know where that information comes from; the people I know who have ebook devices weren't buyers of mainstream hardcovers before they got them.
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