On: Digital Domain - Will Piracy Become a Problem for E-Books?

[Gibbon]

Yeah, it's easy enough to find pretty much any book if you know what to search for. It's been that way for years.

[nopassrecover → Gibbon]

Really? Heh traditional torrent/p2p sources (say everything but usenet) tend to have a lot of trouble finding particular books.

[chaosprophet → nopassrecover]

Perhaps you're looking in the wrong place. A lot of illegal file-sharing seems to be done through file-hostin services such as rapidshare these days. A few choice keywords on google should net you just about any book you want.

[cracki → nopassrecover]

try ed2k/kad. torrents are not for old or rare stuff.

[nopassrecover → cracki]

Cool. What I'd really love is to be able to go to Amazon (or something) and pay to have a PDF download. I'd even pay retail if it meant I get the PDF now and the physical in the mail (though living in AU I don't think Amazon sell us books physically but you get the idea).

[munctional → nopassrecover]

This system is exactly how pragprog.com works.

You can even purchase a PDF/book combo before the book is completed and have access to a (constantly updated) beta version of the PDF. When the book is completed, the PDF is finalised and the book itself is mailed to you.

[nopassrecover → munctional]

Awesome. Can't wait to see this model expand.