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If it's mine and I price it unreasonably, it still doesn't make it OK for someone to take it. It does make it easier to take if left untended, of course.
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Reading is sexy
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There you are then. Now find a way to work around it instead of worrying about your lost billions.
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No one is saying piracy doesn't occur, or that what we post here will stop piracy. I couldn't write anything worth billions, so nothing to worry about as far as my money is concerned, lol. I don't have any interest in writing books. I value them as a reader. |
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I think there's more to it than that, but you're entitled to your opinion.
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Reading is sexy
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I can think of another: availability! Either because it's not out as an ebook (but there may be a pirated version) or because of geographical restrictions. But this may just boil down to the "easier than buying" point. |
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I'm gonna bow outta this thread now. I usually prefer lighter fare in forums. |
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The Baen Free Library exists in two forms: the books available from Baen's website, and selections included on CDs that are bound into selected Baen hardcover releases. There are many books that have been included on the CDs but not listed in the Free Library page on Baen's site. A site called baencd.thefifthimperium.org has all of the released CDs available as ISO images and massive zip archives. The site also has a search function that will let you find and extract an individual book. This is done with the full knowledge and permission of Baen Books. (The CDs all state explicitly "May be copied and shared, but not sold." The site is simply sharing them.) The proprietor is a member of MobileRead and posts occasionally. The Free Library selections are integrated with the Webscriptions site these days, inter-mingled with ebooks Baen offers for sale. I suspect Baen prefers you simply link to them instead of hosting yourself so that the for sale stuff is also presented. (The Free Library is promotion, after all, intended to introduce you to authors with other work you might want to buy... ![]() ______ Dennis |
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Well, things have changed considerably since I started this thread. I am no longer the naive grandmother that I was just a week ago.
Some very knowledgeable people have contacted me and let me know I was going about it all wrong. Torrent sites were not the place to find ebooks. I was led in the right direction and conducted my not-so-scientific experiment once again. This time, I was able to find every single book on my wish list as well as any other book I could think of. All were available in multiple formats - which doesn't really matter since I use Calibre - and all were perfectly formatted. Another big plus was that they are all obviously DRM free. So now my opinion has changed. Once a person knows the right direction in which to go, almost any book can be had free and easy with formatting indistinguishable (at least to me) from that of purchased books. This is a much bigger problem for publishers and authors than I had originally figured. |
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Ah but it wasn't so easy to get there on your own, other people had to guide you. So I see it as less of a problem than other copyrighted-media workers deals with. For a newbie, an mp3 or a TV show is real easy to get compared to an ebook.
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I bought a bluray player and am well am unimpressed with the inconvenience of optical media! AS for epubs... as long as publishers raise the bar (quality) there will definitely be buyers and counterbalance that with the price of a physical paperbook... I have bought great quality epub and not so great! |
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