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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
The vast majority will never even read it, never mind buy it. It is the small minority of people who do read them that matter.
Why? What difference does it make to you if they read your book for free or read someone else's book for free instead? Personally I would rather they read mine, but I'm always curious to hear people's reasons for not wanting free readers.
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I was more thinking reading my book for free or paying for my book, in which case the difference to me is between 2.70 and 3.29.
But, if it's reading my book for free or reading another book for free... I'm not sure. I mean, I gave away a ton of books. I intend to give away more books. So, getting a legitimate free copy of my book isn't difficult.
Mostly I'm not interested in someone else profiting off of my book. I don't want Buccaneer Bob's House of Pirated Goods to be able to sell my book for a fraction of the price I do or give it away and make money on his website where he gave it away.
Maybe it's short sighted. Maybe Bob the Pirate and all of his readers will be great word of mouth and spur on lots of sales. But I'd like to see some numbers that indicate the pirate community benefits anyone other than the pirates.