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Yes. Books are "barely" pirated now because it is impossible to find most books from pirate sources. Hell, it's hard to find most books from legitimate source

Yes. Books are "barely" pirated now because it is impossible to find most books from pirate sources. Hell, it's hard to find most books from legitimate sources online. Books have an advantage on other media in that they are traditionally physical and their quality (when they are presented in a quality form) will still help sell them. Having said that, the day someone manages to release a way (iphone app?) of letting you scan books easily (for book authors but lets not pretend it won't get used both ways) will be pretty awesome.

thras 17y ago
You'd be surprised. The pirating scene on IRC has a far greater selection than Amazon.
- Gibbon 17y ago
  Yeah, it's easy enough to find pretty much any book if you know what to search for. It's been that way for years.
  - nopassrecover 17y ago
    Really? Heh traditional torrent/p2p sources (say everything but usenet) tend to have a lot of trouble finding particular books.
    - cracki 17y ago
      try ed2k/kad. torrents are not for old or rare stuff.
      - nopassrecover 17y ago
        Cool. What I'd really love is to be able to go to Amazon (or something) and pay to have a PDF download. I'd even pay retail if it meant I get the PDF now and the physical in the mail (though living in AU I don't think Amazon sell us books physically but you get the idea).
        munctional 17y ago
        This system is exactly how pragprog.com works. You can even purchase a PDF/book combo before the book is completed and have access to a (constantly updated) beta version of the PDF. When the book is completed, the PDF is finalised and the book itself is mailed to you.
        nopassrecover 17y ago
        Awesome. Can't wait to see this model expand.
    - chaosprophet 17y ago
      Perhaps you're looking in the wrong place. A lot of illegal file-sharing seems to be done through file-hostin services such as rapidshare these days. A few choice keywords on google should net you just about any book you want.

thras 17y ago

You'd be surprised. The pirating scene on IRC has a far greater selection than Amazon.

Gibbon 17y ago
Yeah, it's easy enough to find pretty much any book if you know what to search for. It's been that way for years.
- nopassrecover 17y ago
  Really? Heh traditional torrent/p2p sources (say everything but usenet) tend to have a lot of trouble finding particular books.
  - cracki 17y ago
    try ed2k/kad. torrents are not for old or rare stuff.
    - nopassrecover 17y ago
      Cool. What I'd really love is to be able to go to Amazon (or something) and pay to have a PDF download. I'd even pay retail if it meant I get the PDF now and the physical in the mail (though living in AU I don't think Amazon sell us books physically but you get the idea).
      - munctional 17y ago
        This system is exactly how pragprog.com works. You can even purchase a PDF/book combo before the book is completed and have access to a (constantly updated) beta version of the PDF. When the book is completed, the PDF is finalised and the book itself is mailed to you.
        nopassrecover 17y ago
        Awesome. Can't wait to see this model expand.
  - chaosprophet 17y ago
    Perhaps you're looking in the wrong place. A lot of illegal file-sharing seems to be done through file-hostin services such as rapidshare these days. A few choice keywords on google should net you just about any book you want.