Okay ebook fags, check in. Pirating books is PAINFULLY easy. How do you deal?
Personally, my rule of thumb is; if an ebook is under $4, I'll buy it, but if it's over I'll pirate it. I don't know how I decided on $4, but I did.
With ebooks, storage, printing, shipping, material, ink, none of it is applicable. At worst, that's at least 70% of the price. There's no reason why it should cost more than $4.
In an ideal world, $1 for the publishing house and $3 for the author. (but obviously, this isn't the ideal world).
The best option is pirating a book and then paypaling the author directly. Do any of you know if authors have any paypal's open, or donation options on websites?
Because, honestly, I'm cheap as fuck, but I DO want to support authors that I enjoy, and want them to create more content.
So Veeky Forums, how is it? Do you pirate remorselessly? (No judgement). Do you buy religiously? (No judgement) or have you found a work around?
If I like it I buy the material book otherwise I pirate.
Adam Young
I think this is pretty standard, right? You pirate a book, and if you like it, you buy it. That's fair, right? But what's the rule? It's easy to SAY that, but most people don't. (even I'm guilty of this) I've only bought a book I've already read maybe once or twice.
Samuel Davis
I don't have an ereader and I like reading a book way more than reading from a screen, so I buy most my books anyway. I used to have a huge folder filled with ebooks on hundreds of ebooks and PDFs and never fully read them.
Kayden Roberts
Well, I understand that, but that's not quite the issue here. Both analog and digital reading have their pros, analog focusing heavily on aesthetics and digital focusing on convenience.
Ebooks also help people who are depressed and have ADHD. I'm not a psychologist, or anything like that, but as someone with ADHD (and multiple psychological problems) I believe that it has something to do with the fact that on an ebook, you're only presented with a single page at a time. I know that when I bought my first ebook, I actually cried, because I could READ again.
(sorry, I'm kinda drunk, so I'm sort of swaffling)
My point was, I think, that different people have different needs, and whether you prefer digital or analog isn't actually a statement on your quality as a person.
I don't think that's what I was asking, either.
Henry Murphy
Well it just depends on how morally obligated you feel to buy it. Personally I believe in freedom of information but when you are capable to pay to support the author I feel you should do it (not in all cases necessarily). Classics where the author is died I don't mind pirating.
Grayson Baker
>How do you deal? Moral fiber.
Easton Hall
i would never pay for a book i didn’t want to read more than once. anyone who buys books that aren’t precious to them is a cum guzzling slave
