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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Too bad for the publishers, but this is Apple's punishment.
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Only in the unlikely event the judge gives the prosecution everything it wants.
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Originally Posted by Barcey
I hope that the judge gives this the consideration it deserves and changes the DoJ recommendation of 5 years to 20 years.
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If you don't like the publishers, then read the kinds of books which don't require heavy editing and advance-funded research. There are loads of such books available from the indie community. However, I don't see a benefit in unnecessarily damaging the business model of large publishers.
Every medium to large publisher book is available from public libraries, at least on interlibrary loans. What's most important to me isn't whether I can afford to have my own personal copy, but whether the books being published are as good as possible.
Right now, I am reading a book published by the Rutgers University Press and sold, in Kindle edition, for $35.40:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Cure-Child...dhood+miracles
If that far-higher-than-big-publisher price is what's going to help Rutgers University Press produce more books of quality, that's fine with me. Or you can find this title, lightly used, via bookfinder.com, for $4.81. Or you can get it, in return for paying taxes, at a public library.