Now that ebooks are eclipsing paperbooks in popularity, there is no shortage of
ebook piracy going on.
Not exact matches
Piracy is one of the realities of
eBook publishing that doesn't seem to be
going away any time soon.
The point the distribution platforms are making is that reader consumers are
going to get tired of sifting through the 99cent spam «
ebooks» and get fed up with being duped by
piracy masquerading as genuine titles, leading to a drop in
ebook sales in favor of «good old fashioned» (re: reliable) print books.
I think the most important aspect of this story is that the publisher is setting up an internal infrastructure to monitor the ramifications of
going DRM - Free and how this will effect
eBook piracy.
So far I have bought all my books (paper and
ebook), but everyday I am more tempted to
go piracy, so that I can read the books I want on all my devises as many time I want.
But even more interestingly, despite the
eBooks» status as DRM - free and in spite of some initial
piracy, it would appear that
piracy of the books has actually
gone down now that the books have been made available and that they are easily transferable to readers» devices.
In this article, I'll
go through why self - publishing an
ebook is a good idea, how to format an
ebook for publication, exclusivity vs
going wide on multiple platforms, the specific sites available for self - publishing
ebooks and what information you need, thoughts on pricing, and
piracy.
Ebook piracy is
going to be HUGE.