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I don’t think ebook piracy has jeopardized book sales though? Music piracy certainly did.


Why would one have that effect but not the other? They’re identical as far as I can see; and you even use the same distribution channels for pirating them.


I don’t have any data... but I suspect that music piracy was more widespread and displacing more sales of music. Anecdotally, I do not recall the publishing industry crying “the sky is falling” over ebook piracy while the music industry certainly was.


Why do you think so? I'd think both would have the same effect.




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