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<blockquote data-quote="Sledge" data-source="post: 1816843" data-attributes="member: 9324">I was under the actual impression that the piracy issue has never been actually shown to decrease sales.&nbsp; The only tested results I've heard of are from Baen's free library.&nbsp; Has anyone seen any actual reports that genuinely showed that piracy has actually affected sales?&nbsp; The current attitude held by many seems to just be a kneejerk reaction.&nbsp; I'm not saying this is intentional, but if you are a publisher and you look online at the piracy groups and find a copy of your product you are not in an objective position.By the way having a scanner I can copy and paste from my books on the fly.&nbsp; Scanners these days can be had for less than the price of certain Wotc hardcovers.&nbsp; So don't tell me that the value of a digital copy is anywhere close to that of a hardcopy.&nbsp; Also don't tell me that &quot;development costs&quot; are the real expense.&nbsp; If that was the case the price of books wouldn't be tied to the size of the books, but instead on the type of contents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sledge, post: 1816843, member: 9324"] I was under the actual impression that the piracy issue has never been actually shown to decrease sales. The only tested results I've heard of are from Baen's free library. Has anyone seen any actual reports that genuinely showed that piracy has actually affected sales? The current attitude held by many seems to just be a kneejerk reaction. I'm not saying this is intentional, but if you are a publisher and you look online at the piracy groups and find a copy of your product you are not in an objective position. By the way having a scanner I can copy and paste from my books on the fly. Scanners these days can be had for less than the price of certain Wotc hardcovers. So don't tell me that the value of a digital copy is anywhere close to that of a hardcopy. Also don't tell me that "development costs" are the real expense. If that was the case the price of books wouldn't be tied to the size of the books, but instead on the type of contents. [/QUOTE]

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