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There already are illegal web sites that do exactly what you are referring to. And the unnecessarily high price of eBooks is a major factor.
When Apple developed the iPod, the Music Industry wanted to charge a lot for a single song. Had they done that, the illegal song market would have been massive and the Music companies would have lost the fortunes they made by listening to Steve Jobs and keeping the price low.
Publishers have a love/hate relationship with eBooks. They very much want to sell them at the same price they sell pBooks for and make a fat profit. But, at the same time, they greatly fear that, were eBooks to get popular enough, major authors would bypass the publishers altogether and sell directly to the public.
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