Whats funny is the whole point of this thread is to make the ebooks readily available and undermine their business model but the trash is still being read and spread.
Most of the posts are people eagerly waiting and requesting ebooks be published for free. Not out of spite for the authors but because they want to read the ebooks.
yeah. some people never learn.. they're still searching for the "Secret Get-Rich-Quick" formula.. they don't even realize they've been conned all along..
Some of the eBooks are good (Don't flame me!) as guides and also for learning some more "advanced" stuffs.. Those are written by the "good" guys..
think of it as a reference book u used to have during ur school days or all those learning php books u all buy.. or those marketing books u read.. u can find all the information for urself, right? You can always learn math thru the internet, but still u buy the book.. You can always learn php at the forums.. but still u buy the book..
I believe that the authors SHOULD be rewarded for their hard work..
but sadly now there are
many self-proclaimed "gurus".. writing VERY HYPED-UP and WAAAY MISLEADING ebooks to make themselves some quick and colossal amount of bucks.. that's why ebooks are getting a bad name..
But, it's a fact that giving away ebooks for free shouldn't be allowed at all.
It's a wrong way to fight "gurus". Well, here's the result. Some of the really good stuffs that SHOULD be rewarded to the writers/makers (like niche inspector, Gauher Chaudry's.. etc.) are now being ripped off.
But.. hmm.. I don't think this would really affect the industry much.
As lerchmo said,
Most of the posts are people eagerly waiting and requesting ebooks be published for free. Not out of spite for the authors but because they want to read the ebooks.
Well, since they're just waiting to get those for free.. that probably means those guys aren't making money at all by themselves.
Can't blame them tho.. they've went through the hype of "getting rich quick" and unfortunately never got over it.