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I pirated Under the Dome, justifying it because Stephen King had announced he was windowing the ebook to give independent bookstores a chance. We all know how that turned out - Amazon and Walmart got into a price war, and I was finally able to get the ebook for just over $7. I never read the pirated verion (and I still haven't read my legitimate ebook version!)
Recently, I found that 11/22/63 wasn't available in ebook form at the library. I thought long and hard about getting it on the darknet, using the rationalization that the publisher was being greedy and acting like a Luddite. But the ebook was available for purchase. So, ultimately, I was only thinking of getting the book illegally because I didn't want to pay $16.99 for it. I decided that was just plain theft, and borrowed the hardback from the library. I read it over the weekend, so carting the huge book around in my briefcase was not an issue.
I feel very strongly that ebooks should be available at libraries, because there are people who cannot afford to buy books. I might be able to excuse someone like that for pirating an ebook, but if they can afford a computer and an ebook reader, they should not be pirating.
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