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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Tell ya what: Don't bother. There are plenty of pirate sites to download it from... be my guest. You (and everyone else who reads this) have my explicit blessing... go steal my books. I've thrown in the towel, as of today... no more books from me for the foreseeable future. I'm tired of fighting the pirates.
Pirates win.  |
It sounds like you should stop to be honest if it's effecting you like this. A battle against piracy is a battle you can't win - at least not immediately.
I think you can only get more people to buy your books who are happy to buy books in the first place. I can't see you turning the head of someone who has no intention of buying something he/she can get for free. I've know some of these people and they do things like boast about downloading 1000 books for nothing only to confess that they don't even read books.
I am still happy to purchase your book now as I was when I put your book on my wish list. $2.99 is an extremely reasonable price and the book was recommended. I'm thinking now that I might have been a bit wimpy about the word count. That's quite ridiculous - I think I'll just buy it with my next Smashwords purchase.
EDIT: Oh I'm completely stupid as usual. I just checked and I've already purchased it some time ago.
Regards
Caleb