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Not really. I actually hope people will look elsewhere and find the book for free. If they pay, then I certainly don't expect them to donate. It's frustrating that Smashwords and Amazon don't have their act together yet.
Sales on Amazon BTW: 1 unit. Confirmed downloads elsewhere: >1000 units on Smashwords alone.
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I have not read your book, but if (when) I do, it would be much more convenient for me to buy it from Amazon than making a donation through PayPal. What option would benefit you more?
What do you think of promoting sales on Amazon as an alternative to donations? As someone else has said already, convenience is a factor when deciding to donate, and for me it is more complicated to use PayPal, I am also wary about them (more so than Amazon
) because of their past behavior.
I have been lurking on MR for quite some time now, but had to sign up just to post this answer. There are many authors whose e-books I want to read, but they don't want to (or can not) sell them to me because I don't live in the US. I want to give money to the authors by buying books, but it is frustrating not having the means to do so. Since I'm not about to pirate their books, the only option is to not read them. I occasionally buy paper books, but the shipping costs are sometimes greater than the price of the book.