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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
But the focus is what matters: is it more important to Joe Schmoe, or to you, that more people give you money, or that fewer people read the book without giving you money? I can't answer that -- only the person with the book (and the real numbers) can.
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I think I used 'free publicity' to try to put a silver lining on this cloud. As an author I dont think the point is piracy. The point is that you arent well known, you are Joe Schmoe and really you need to fix that. You could sit around and say that its the pirates then pack up your stuff or try and figure out a way to appeal to more people. The pirates arent going anywhere and people will find someone else to give their money to. The only one that really suffers is the author and his or her fans, and ultimately its all up to the author.
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Originally Posted by ApK
Libraries are legal. They have permission to lend the books.
I'm done wasting valuable typing effort defending against obvious and transparent rationalization for dishonest acts.
In this thread, anyway.  |
Libraries are legal. Im just saying. This whole 'PIRATES' argument is old hat and it has been for some time. Its worked for the music industry as they put out garbage music that no one wanted for years and now the publishing industry is using it. The pirates are there, we know. So what? Who cares whos right and wrong in that? We still dont have REAL concrete numbers. We have 'suspected lost sales'. Come on now, seriously? This whole thing has been beaten to death. Everybody wants to come in and debate how wrong it is. Now were complaining about Joe Schmoe being pirated when no one knows who Joe Schmoe is. Shouldnt Joe Schmoe worry about this piracy when he actually has some sales and people know who he is? Shouldnt he promote himself a little better then complain about piracy? Im just saying.
And honestly, why the complaining? Its not going anywhere, thats been said a million times. No one can prove anything with that, whether people would buy the book or not, its a moot point. Its basically running around in circles when that time could be better focused on something more constructive.