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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
That would only be relevant if it was a choice between downloading or paying. The choice is really about downloading or not downloading. If your book is downloaded you might gain a reader that you wouldn't otherwise have, but that in itself is a pretty slim chance because you would be in competition with every other book they downloaded. If they do read it they might give it a good review or recommend it to someone else, or they might buy something else you have written. If not, they won't. So everything to gain, nothing to lose.
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Huh? (I've bolded the part I don't get, here.)
I don't think I said anything about downloading vs. not downloading. Rather, I wrote about why it's in
your own best interest to see that the authors get paid -- regardless of how you got the book. Send a check care of their agent. Paypal them some money! I don't care how... although actually buying the eBook -- when possible -- encourages their publisher to take a risk on the next book, and to make more ebooks, and all sorts of other stuff that we'd all presumably like to see.
If it was worth your time to read, it was worth your money to pay for (IMHO). Even if you just get it out of the library, it still serves to encourage the library to purchase the author's
next book. There are plenty of authors who would love to go full-time. Most could triple or quadruple their output if they did. Paying for what you like sends a strong market signal --
I want more of this! Use the market to your advantage. This is one place where money talks far, far louder than any other thing most individuals can do.
Xenophon