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Like you'd expect, almost like an art installation, the kindle version costs $2.67 more than the paperback. Thanks middlemen!
by VLM 11y ago
Like you'd expect, almost like an art installation, the kindle version costs $2.67 more than the paperback. Thanks middlemen!
- chrisseaton 11y agoWhy did you consider buying the Kindle version rather than the paperback? Because it's more convenient? Maybe that's why they're able to charge more for it.
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoIn USA there are format shifting rights in the Fair Use doctrine I gather. So one could buy the book and scan it and create an ebook, as this is logically equivalent to getting a copy from a torrenting site but is far less economical and wastes more resources it seems the moral thing to do is buy the paperback and send it for pulping and download a copy of the ebook? The author gets paid, the publisher gets paid, you get the copy you want with less resource waste than scanning it for yourself. Anyone have a moral objection to that they'd care to elucidate.
- soperj 11y agoIs the torrenting it really illegal when you own the book already?
- tasnent 11y agoFor now.
- Crespyl 11y agoArguably, yes, since in bittorrent downloading content is directly tied to distribution of content. By torrenting a work you own in a different format, you are (potentially) also distributing that work to someone who doesn't already own a copy.
- Falcon9 11y agoI'd wager so since you own a book, not the content of the book. But the law is a funny thing.
- coldtea 11y agoYes it is. But illegal might be the wrong question. Is it unethical?
- soperj 11y agoI'd say no.
- j_s 11y agoConvenience for sure! http://amzn.com/dp/B001R11CAI http://amzn.com/dp/B001R11CAI