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Originally Posted by karunaji
It depends. Some authors encourage pirating of their books as widely as possible as a way of getting recognition. Some might even put them on torrent sites for others to download. Some are unsure but are not categorically against it. And of course, there will be others who see it as wrong. I guess that those authors who are already very popular and successful, see no need for pirating.
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But in most cases, the authors who actively encourage the "pirating" of some of their works, do so in the hopes that those who like what they read, will eventually purchase other works of theirs, no?
The OP implied that they
rarely purchase books:
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Originally Posted by OP
I get most of my books through torrents so thats mainly why I'm asking.
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I'm sure
that doesn't fit in with the ideology of most authors—even the ones who actively
advocate the "pirating" of some of their works.