[wedn3sday]

Just as movie pirates are also the sort of people who spend a lot of money on movies, I would bet (with no proof of any kind) that the kind of person who pirates books is also the kind of person that buys a lot of books. My library has an ebook section, but they make it extremely difficult to actually work with the ebooks because of all the DRM, so Ive started browsing their catalog, and then using libgen to get the actual book since it lets me actually read the darn thing. I also have filled every wall in my house with floor to ceiling book shelves, I really dont think any authors losing money on my book piracy.

[bradstewart]

Seconded. I always buy a book in print first, read it, and then acquire a digital copy for things I want to re-read or take notes on. If I could get eBooks some other way onto my Remarkable, I would. But the DRM makes it extremely difficult/impossible.

[schwartzworld]

I wish there was a way to tip authors of books that are obtained via piracy. Like, if I pirate the ebook, I'd rather give the author the money than amazon. Their cut on ebooks is pretty sad compared to print media.