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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
My book is DRM-free. Theoretically, a single copy sold can become a million or a hundred million ebooks overnight given away free to family and friends in a never-ending spiral (until everyone has a copy).
But I believe that if you have good ideas and can write decently, enough people are out there to support you. You just have to find them.
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If your first case came true, and you included a little reminder at the front of your book, and a simple paypal donation link, what do you think would happen?
Getting your book into the hands of a million people is the first problem though, that's one for marketing I suppose.
Basically there's an infinite number of books and an infinite number of readers, statistically insignificant chance that what you write will be of interest to anyone, the fact that books are of interest to some is interesting.
Also, this guy thinks people are going to want to pay 10,000 for the privilege of dining with their favorite author,
http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/gfrangello/2011/04/new-directions-in-publishing-an-interview-with-richard-nash/
I suppose there only needs to be one or two people that need to shell out the 10 large and then the rest of us will be able to download the ebooks free. This is of course only for the most popular of the popular authors, meaning not independent, so it is basically irrelevant in my mind.