Okay, my last post. The part everyone is missing here is the abysmal treatment the writers are being subjected to by a prominant New York Publisher. I totally understand discounts and freebie to give exposure to a writer but you seem to be missing the points that A) The publisher is under contract to ask/inform me of these things, and B) Even if you love the book, recommend it to 10 million friends and every one of you buy every single copy of my books, the publisher is screwing me and NOT paying.
I am taking this to the legal arena and I am trying to put a stop to this publisher making money off of my books. I just can't understand how none of you seem to understand the situation here. I give away copies of my books all the time and I will continue to do that, but when Dorchester is doing it behind my back with the sole purpose of increasing sales of my other books that they aren't going to pay me for, it's illegal. Seriously, wouldn't you try put a stop to that?
I've already said I don't blame you guys for this but I refuse to get dragged into a meaningless argument. If some of you read my work, terrific, I hope you enjoy it. I just hope you writers or aspiring writer at some point put a little thought into writer's rights. This kind of thing happens all the time. It's not your fault, it's not mine, it's not amazon's, it's not this site's fault, it it the publisher yet again taking advantage of a writer simply because they can.
If you'd like to read some of my work that the authors are actually getting paid for, please check these two links out:
http://www.amazon.com/Sideshow-Exhib...143310&sr=8-10
http://www.amazon.com/Mean-Streets-T...143310&sr=8-14
All my very best.
Gord