Reading

I have just finished reading another book by Robin Cook. So that makes two. I've read Mindbend and Mutation. Currently I'm reading Godplayer. Both the books have been a good read. Robin Cook being a doctor has written all three of these books about medicine and health related issues. What I like about the books is that they keep you hooked, what I don't like is that there is always a happy ending and the books are really short.
I also read all of the Bourne Series, and the books are just great. A must read for espionage-and-thriller-books lovers. I don't know if the Bourne Series are the only three books written by Robert Ludlum but I do know that they are really good. Can't say the same about the movies. Its the typical Movie-made-on-Book-gone-bad scenario.
Anyways I've just got my hand on Anita Blake Series by Laurell Hamilton and am going to start on them as soon as I'm finished with Robin Cook. Any reviews on her books because I heard one of them won a NewYork Times Bestsellers Award.

Ive just started reading this book. I've read Mirage by the same author- Soheir Khashoggi, but i read it way back in O levels. i've heard this one's good. any comments on it without revealing too much of the plot??

Piracy issues

I am just soo confused about this issue, nothing makes sense at the moment.
we had a class discussion on book publishing trends and it streered towards book piracy and how it affects the book industry. my teacher had a very valid point; he emphasized on the point that piracy IS stealing, and stealing is unethical no matter how big or small, or for whatever reasons. most of us really dont take piracy as a very unethical issue, its a theoretical concept, yes.
but think about it, someone took all the pains to publish a book- paid for the mauscript, the editors, the layout designers, the printers etc etc. and someone else takes a finished product, makes copies outta it and sells it at one-tenth the original price, because it cost peanuts to them!
so, it did help us but the writer/publisher didnt benifit from the sale of the book. this does discourage more writers from entering into the field!

BUT the big question here is- what do we do? i bought 12 pirated books for a thousand rupees, and i bought 5 original books for 1200 rupees! thats such a big difference!
if we really do commit ourselves to fight piracy we'll have to stop buying pirated books at all costs! but where do we go then???????????????????????????