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
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.
For
eBooks, 33 percent stated that
piracy hurts authors and publishers, compared to only 11 percent who stated that
piracy was acceptable
if an
eBook is too expensive.
Well
if ebooks we not so expensive
piracy will be less of an issue.
I wonder
if libraries up their selections of
ebooks that it will reduce
piracy?
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?
But they need to keep prices low because
if they keep
eBook prices high they will create a
piracy problem.
The numbers were quite staggering Research shown that
ebook piracy increased by a whopping 78 % after the first few weeks of the iPad release The Rise of eBook piracy is still pathetically small if you look at Music, Video Games or movie distribu
ebook piracy increased by a whopping 78 % after the first few weeks of the iPad release The Rise of
eBook piracy is still pathetically small if you look at Music, Video Games or movie distribu
eBook piracy is still pathetically small
if you look at Music, Video Games or movie distribution.
It's just that
if I started down the road of screaming about how the publishers have confused allowing people to borrow
ebooks from the library with potential
piracy, I might never stop.
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.
It remains to be seen
if Digimarc's digital watermark DRM will have any impact at all on
ebook piracy.
Most authors and publishers want their files to be protected from illegal copying and
piracy, but the standard approach of applying Digital Rights Management (DRM) to
eBook files comes with its own set of difficulties, especially
if you are planning to sell your own
eBooks.
If piracy is one of your biggest worries that stops you from publishing
eBooks, Joe sets the record straight.
I can buy Kindle and find out that
if I want to add an
ebook from a Polish ebookstore I will need to use conversion tools — which will bring me to the edge of
piracy.