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A comment on How Piracy Made 'Go the Fuck to Sleep' a No. 1 Amazon Best-Seller. Parent comment

Re:How Piracy Made 'Go the Fuck to Sleep' a No. 1 Amazon Bes... by bad_user on Monday May 16, 2011 @01:38AM (#2551772)
I'm not buying to make up for piracy.

But I like books in printed form, so I usually try out reading a 2-3 chapters of the pirated version, then if I like it I'll buy it.

The book in the article also appears to be a nice gift. You obviously can't give pirated PDFs as gifts :)

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Re:How Piracy Made 'Go the Fuck to Sleep' a No. 1 Amazon Bes... by linerep43 on Monday May 16, 2011 @10:32AM (#2552604)
Yeah, more I think about it, I think the gift effect is crucial here.
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