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Old 02-01-2011, 04:53 PM   #205
Anke Wehner
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Originally Posted by GA Russell View Post
Reminds me of shareware. One day that may be the norm, but what about today? Are there authors who are set up like that?
I know self-published authors/bloggers who offer at least part of what they write for free and have a tipjar. There's also "crowdfunding" - "For each X dollars of donations received, I'll write an installment of this serial and post it on my blog for anyone to read", for example.
With webcomics, a tipjar might even be expected, though I wandered away from that "scene" and may be misestimating how common it is.

Someone recently linked me to an article by a published author explaining why pirating and paying the author directly is NOT a good idea: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...no-tipjar.html
(Short version: The publisher's work DOES matter and should be paid for, too.)

That blog also has a series of very informative posts under the "Common Misconceptions About Publishing" link in the bar on the right side.

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