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Originally Posted by Xenophon
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
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Just because a book is downloaded it doesn't mean it is actually read. If someone downloads your book you have about the same chance of it being read as you would have if it was in a massive library. IF it was read all your other arguments would come into play, but if it is just downloaded and not read they are irelevant.