wmrawls

I would like, no love, to stir the ethical pot on e-books, bootlegging and right and wrong in regards to the whole issue of E-books and sharing.
I have access to the New Book, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I am not asking if it’s right or wrong for me personally to have this access but to just present the situation for discussion. My daughter and I have already placed our reserved copy order in at a local bookseller so we will be buying the book the first day it is issued and it will join our collection of other Harry Potter books as well as a large collection of other hardbacks and autographed editions of some of our favorite authors. So really, what is the problem with my downloading and converting the book to a MS Lit format to read on my Axim?
I understand that the person that has posted the book has violated the confidence of their position and betrayed the Author and Publisher, but from one view point the Author and Publisher will not be harmed in any manner by my reading the book ahead of its release date. They will get their sells from me. Of course I am sure that there will be many others that will either try to make a profit on the e-book version or will try to spread it through out the net. But is this so different from my family buying one book and then sharing it with other family members or even trading it at the local book exchange? Most of these arguments have been bandied about on this site and others but it’s always interesting to get other peoples views. And I do love to start a good debate.
Cheers.