Today's New York Times has an article about the rapid rise in ebook piracy. Which I predicted yesterday.
I don't really have any idea how to combat ebook piracy, but I do know that the transition period between print and digital is an opportunity for piracy to entrench itself.
Right now there are many books I'd like to read on my kindle that aren't available through Amazon but are popular enough that I could download an illegal copy. For example, Harry Potter.
If a book isn't offered for sale, then the choice isn't legal or illegal, it's illegal and free or deprivation. Not many people choose to deprive themselves. The longer it takes to get popular books available digitally the longer ebook piracy will have to establish itself.
So authors and publishers, stop bickering and make everything available for sale already!
Not offering your work for sale? Writer fail!
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