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> Prices like this will likely drive me, and others, to piracy. Especially since ebooks are small enough that you can download them in seconds. I love getting
by douche 11y ago
> Prices like this will likely drive me, and others, to piracy.
Especially since ebooks are small enough that you can download them in seconds.
I love getting juiced for out-of-print books, especially ones that are in that gray area where the author and his direct descendants are dead and buried, but copyright lives on.
- ghaff 11y agoIt's not just very old out-of-print books. There is a whole class of, for example, 10-20 year old fiction for which print copies are often readily available from Amazon sellers for the cost of shipping/handling ($3.99) or just a little more while the Kindle copy is still $9.99 or more. The thing is that I would much rather have the digital copy because I end up reading most of my books on planes or otherwise while traveling but it really bugs me to pay a big premium to do so.
- dublinben 11y agoIf you're opposed to downloading these ebooks for free, you might consider getting an inexpensive used copy digitized.[0] [1] http://1dollarscan.com/ http://1dollarscan.com/
- ghaff 11y ago>If you're opposed to downloading these ebooks for free I sort of am although I realize the only net difference between buying a very cheap used book and downloading a free copy is to make a bookseller some place and the USPS a few pennies each. I can't imagine going to the trouble of ordering a used copy and getting it digitized though.
- jay_kyburz 11y agoWhats happening is that people are publishing large bundles of e-books in a single torrent. Or like music, every book from a particular author. I think fiction published need to look at what is happening in Free to Play games and Kickstarter if they want the industry to survive. Oh oh.. thats my Startup idea. Nobody steal it. Kickstarter for fiction. You go and read the first chapter and pay to get the rest of the book written. A good author should be able to raise 50-100k which should be enough to get a good story pumped out.