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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
You guys are digging way too deep into this. It's simple: I write to make money, and I'm not making any money... in fact, I'm losing money by the shovelful. Writing was a failed experiment in making a second income. So, I'm gonna stop.
And yeah, I do happen to think that piracy is adversely affecting the industry... one more thing preventing my making money. I'm not going to debate how much... we should all realize by now that that debate is going nowhere.
Yeah, it's frustrating... and not just for you. It's frustrating for me on multiple levels, because I also like to write; but I don't have time for such a time- and energy-consuming hobby that frustrates me, and doesn't do what I need it to do. And I'd also like to be a part of finding a solution that satisfies me, and gives me a good reason to write... but as the Gods are my witnesses, I don't see one, and haven't heard one from anyone else.
I took a few good ones for the team; now I'm too beat up to play anymore. Put someone else in, coach.
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I have no idea how long you've been writing. I've never read anything you've written BUT I did buy one of your books for my mother who said she enjoyed it greatly.
The point I'm making is that I purchased your book - as a gift - solely because I saw you here on MR. Even though you don't do much advertising, even though I
don't read sci-fi, and even though you have a tendency to rail on and on about piracy and would rather have a police state than deal with the fact that
people steal all the time...and you are just one casualty among many (we’ve had this conversation before). I had planned to buy the other books in the series for my mom but I have to admit that the tantrum is turning me off.
I've never seen you on Goodreads (a book site vs mobile tech site): you don't have a profile (though your books are listed), your books have never been listed in GRs contests or giveaways and I bet you've never once stuck your head in to check out the group that had your book up for a BotM read last year.
Here, let me prod you in the right direction:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/invi...en_Lyle_Jordan
It's
hard to make a dollar outside of your regular 9-5. My husband has a business and he shells out a lot of money to just barely break even. He's spent money on websites, fees, training, programs, supplies, etc and that's BEFORE he started paying for advertising or had to deal with customers who don't want to pay. Every business has to deal with a certain amount of loss…and it doesn’t seem that you are well equipped for it. Maybe owning a business isn’t for you and you are much happier as an employee. I’m sure my mom will be sad to learn that you’ve stopped writing…but since you are more concerned about pirates than your paying customers I’m positive she’ll get over it.