The thirst for pirated e-books may be growing. Every day people type between 1.5 and 3 million Google queries for pirated e-books, an increase of 54 percent over queries logged one year ago, according to a new study by Attribute Research.
Since the
iPad became available in mid-May of this year, demand for pirated e-books has increased by 20 percent. And no wonder: iOS users expect
most apps to be free. iBooks, Apple's virtual bookstore app released along with the iPad, is free. But click on a bestseller and it'll cost $10 or more. Sticker shock.
Of the 89 top-selling titles from Amazon used in the study to quantify
illegal downloads, "Breaking Dawn," Stephanie Meyer's fourth installment in the Twilight series, was the most sought after title in searches for pirated e-books, just about the time it fell off of Amazon's 100 top-selling books in September.
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