The fact is that most (probably all of them) of those pirates would not buy his book even if eBook piracy didn't exist.
Not exact matches
Piracy is one of the realities of
eBook publishing that doesn't seem to be going away any time soon.
The fact that
ebooks themselves haven't led to increased
piracy, and that industry studies have shown book pricing or free content also doesn't increase or decrease
piracy, hasn't seemed to sink in with publishers.
Well, this is one way to
do it: Germany's Fraunhofer Institute is working on a new
ebook DRM dubbed SiDiM that would prevent
piracy by changing the actual text of a story, swapping out words to make individualized copies that could be tracked by the original owner of the
ebook.
Some Japanese publishers have tried and most initiatives have failed as they have
done poor market research (mainly not understanding international purchasing habits, poor marketing, or even worse have blindly believed previous
eBook booms to include similar sales for manga or comics in general); while others have simply had their stances thaw out hoping to gain revenue streams or to prevent
piracy.
I
do not condone
ebook piracy.
If a $ 15 hardback is offered as a $ 8 paperback while offered at a $ 6 or less DRM - free
ebook (and downloadable in multiple formats at that, as is
done at http://www.Baen.com) then there would not be so much the of the
piracy issue for everyone to worry about.
Prior to
ebooks, 95 % of my books came from used book stores... which could easily be considered pre-ereader book
piracy, except pirates don't usually get paid.
Most
ebook piracy can not even be seen as lost sales or revenue, since it assumes that many who
do would have paid for it otherwise, or that they even read the book or plan to.
Do you think
ebook piracy would have less of an impact on your sales if books had an easy way to incorporate in - book purchases?
We will not see
eBook piracy become a huge deal anytime this year, but Publishers and Authors have to embrace
eBooks and recognize that people have many different devices, and
do not want to be locked down to an exclusive device.
The
ebook reader might be enjoying itself as the gadget
du jour, but
piracy in the
ebook world could be on the up as a result, with 31 per cent of consumers who read
ebooks admitting that they download pirate copies of books.
EditionGuard protects your
eBooks with Adobe Content Server 4 DRM, so you don't have to worry about
piracy and unauthorized distribution.
People who support
ebook piracy must be aware that what they are
doing is a violation of intellectual property rights of authors and publishers.
Where
does this leave us on the issue of
ebook piracy?
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The importance of DRM mainly stems from the fact that most publishers
do not allow their
eBooks to be distributed (sold or lent) without DRM due to
piracy and control concerns.
If you don't want to perform a daily search for
eBook piracy, consider subscribing to MUSO, which will keep you informed by sending alerts of possible stolen
eBooks.
I don't like
piracy, but I also don't think it's
does the tremendous harm that some people think (we're talking
ebook piracy here).
The goal of DRM is to protect
eBooks against
piracy and for the most part it
does an effective job.
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«I really don't think
ebook piracy is a major issue in the UK — it's a much bigger issue overseas,» he said.
How
do we let our readers and our awesome bloggers know the full affect of how
ebook piracy is a real, tangible thing?
According to the writer,
eBook piracy was sought after in the early days when commercial catalogues
did not exist.
While DRM can certainly be hacked, it
does prevent the average user from giving away your
ebook file to someone else, or copying it and uploading it to a
piracy website.
Charge for
eBooks on a sliding scale: One of the reasons
piracy is so common in middle income and developing countries is that people just don't have that much disposable income.
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