That's the problem with people. Stealing's become so normalized that most people who DO stand up against it only do when it's hurting them

themselves. :<

Then again... stealing one song can encourage someone to buy the entire album. Stealing an ebook...

I find it hard to believe that ebook piracy leads to sales

even software I can kinda buy it, b/c try-before-you-buy, but if you have a e-reader you'll just keep it like an ipod

Same, same

Plus, the author sort of has a point: At least with music, you can make some money on concert sales

Authors get paid (less) for talks and appearances if they are popular enough

(lol Neil Gaiman wank)

I do want to note that in some other countries (Germany) the prices of books are set by publishers and thus never have the potential to fall

I'm not sure *how* many other countries, but I can see how that might drive people to pirate

If every book costs like $20 (and I don't even want to think about what textbooks would cost)

US e-book prices are also set by the publisher

Maybe I got that info wrong then o_o lemme look up where I read it

Not where I originally read it but it explains it well: www.nytimes.com/2007/10/... It's fixed-price laws

.... I don't see why this article is arguing that it helps to preserve small bookstores though, isn't the issue of affordable literature

a bigger concern?

www.dw-world.de/dw/artic...,,5518440,00.html ... and lmao this one says they have much higher taxes on ebooks than print ones

When everyone makes a living wage it doesn't matter if a book costs $6 or $14

^

Well, no, it still matters. Just less. But at least according to that article their book prices *aren't* higher. idk...

Also on the subject of affordable literature vs small bookstores - I think the point here is that we don't just want cheap books, we want-

-a *wide range* of books, which is where the small bookstores often come in.

I guess so... :/ What concerns me is those people that don't manage to make a living wage