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You are right that someone could buy the physical book and them torrent the digital version. But I would consider: 1 - You already forfeited you digital sales
by FalconSensei 6y ago
You are right that someone could buy the physical book and them torrent the digital version. But I would consider:
1 - You already forfeited you digital sales because you decided not to have an ebook release. If you make public that there are no plans for a digital release, and not the case that's just delayed compared to print.
2 - Digital books tend to be cheaper. Makes a huge difference for people that read 10 books a month.
3 - Print takes space, which many people might not have. I'm not going to buy a print book at a higher price, just to have to go straight to a used book store and sell it there, so I can torrent the ebook - which would be illegal anyway.
Same goes for TV shows and movies. Having dozens of blu-ray+dvd combos is not feasible.
- mocheeze 6y agoLibraries can solve issues 2 and 3 for those folks.
- FalconSensei 6y agoDepending on where you live and how good is your library selection, yes, and I do encourage people to do that. Growing in up in Brazil though, didn't have much luck at that time, finding things that I wanted. Edit: this was for books in Brazilian Portuguese. When I started focusing on books in English - to prepare to move to Canada - I bought Kindle books because otherwise, I would have to pay for international shipping, buy for high price in a Brazilian bookseller, wait up to 2 months for bookdepository delivery...
- rbanffy 6y agoIf, say, create a book where the written content is not the whole experience I want to pass the reader, it's perfectly reasonable to withhold certain formats. If I want readers to experience the size, weight, texture and smell as integral parts of the book, it should be my right to prevent others from putting my name on lesser experiences.