All good points, Val. Thank you for the reminders!

Sandy

for people who were less fortunate or across the world , yes the site was stealing the authors work etc,etc, i know its wrong , then why don’t they go international? or why are books so expensive to the extent that people have to resort to using such websites! some book lovers come from backgrounds where the price of a book might be their entire day’s worth of expenditure , by no means is that website right, I UNDERSTAND. We live in a world where for some books too happen to be a materialistic luxury , DON’T blame the readers for being freeloaders, there are some out there in the world who are barely making ends meet and hence , the fault is of the economy, NOT THOSE WHO SEEK A DAY OF REE HAPPINESS GIVIN BY THE WORDS FROM A BOOK.

Considering how much time goes into writing a quality book, I wouldn’t say books are “horrendously” expensive. Everything that goes into publishing books costs money, too. And publishing is a business…businesses by definition need to make money. Public libraries make books accessible to anyone at no cost; those who don’t live near enough to a library to borrow print books conveniently can borrow e-books or audiobooks. I know many people (including me) who swap books with friends and family, too, so we have our own little lending libraries of sorts.

Sandy

Thanks for sharing your opinion, Ron.

Sandy

Thanks for weighing in, Michael. I appreciate it!

Sandy