Originally Posted by
PaulKarl
Since I'm a copyright lawyer, my use of those sites would be in bad form.
Well, I can't argue with that.
Besides, Mrs. Said has the right to the fruits of her husband's literary labors.
You could trivially satisfy it buy buying a dead-tree copy at retail and then pirating the e-copy; it may not be legal, and it may violate moral rights, but in a practical sense the author (or in this case his estate) is getting paid.