Evidently, the issue of ebook piracy hasn’t surfaced and been addressed as much as other digital content. But it still remains a major issue for publishers. If you’ve heard of The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, or Textiles in Automotive Engineering, chance are that you have stumbled upon an ebook site, where there are gazillions of other titles listed by category. Ironically when you search for a book to buy one online, chances are that the results will list pirate sites even before the official website.
Here are a few reasons why people might resort to book piracy. Downloading ebooks for free is not only be convenient, but if you don’t like the ebook, you can delete it. Torrent sites offer an enormous number of niche titles which you may never find normality at a book shop. Websites have dedicated search engines for ebooks. Punch in the title, topic or genre and you’ll find it, so availability is another factor. Language plays a big role too. If you’re learning a language and want a specific book to read, you might not find it locally at all.
International magazines, books and study material can be hard to find, but not on torrent sites. Also niche topics like ‘Optical Radiometry’ pose no problem.
Usually sites provide links to third party hosts where the actual file is available. Here’s another way paid books are read online for free. www.scribd.com and www.esnips.com allow readers to read digital books in a web browser. But you do lose the pleasure of holding a book in your hand, reclining in your chair and reading at your convenience.
The long and short of it is that ebook piracy has been a mainstay for a long time now and doesn’t seem to be anywhere near fizzling out, unless sufficient market awareness is created.
Here are a few reasons why people might resort to book piracy. Downloading ebooks for free is not only be convenient, but if you don’t like the ebook, you can delete it. Torrent sites offer an enormous number of niche titles which you may never find normality at a book shop. Websites have dedicated search engines for ebooks. Punch in the title, topic or genre and you’ll find it, so availability is another factor. Language plays a big role too. If you’re learning a language and want a specific book to read, you might not find it locally at all.
International magazines, books and study material can be hard to find, but not on torrent sites. Also niche topics like ‘Optical Radiometry’ pose no problem.
Usually sites provide links to third party hosts where the actual file is available. Here’s another way paid books are read online for free. www.scribd.com and www.esnips.com allow readers to read digital books in a web browser. But you do lose the pleasure of holding a book in your hand, reclining in your chair and reading at your convenience.
The long and short of it is that ebook piracy has been a mainstay for a long time now and doesn’t seem to be anywhere near fizzling out, unless sufficient market awareness is created.
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