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Old 07-11-2011, 05:50 PM   #71
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Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
There is an author on this very forum who complained that he was suffering so much from piracy that it drove him out of the ebook business. This, despite fact that he offered his books in ebook format, DRM free, and less than $5 per book.
He was shouted down and told that he should do better marketing , and not worry about pirates. I thought that this was a low point of the forum. When I defended him, saying that he knew better than anyone else his own business, I got attacked too.
I went looking for his pirated books when he first mentioned it, and the only one I could find anywhere was in a mega-torrent of 2,500 scifi books. It was also one of the ones that he has for free download on his own website.

I just did a search for a book I haven't written yet, and those damn pirates have got it already. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE??????!!!!!!!!!!!
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