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I've only done it once - well, I'm continuing to do it, I suppose, because I'm still not buying the author's books. There is a mystery author who posted in a "pet peeve" thread on a blog right about the time that the whole Amazon 9.99 pricing was under fire, about how her pet peeve was "people who read ebooks need to pay to play". 'Scuse me? How is paying $9.99 for your ebook NOT paying to play?
She writes two fairly popular series (I think only one is current) and though the books sound good, I won't buy them.
Logically, I should probably buy them (in ebook) and prove her wrong, I suppose.
Normally, I'm real big on "live and let live" and figure that, like with the Dixie Chicks, I don't have to admire their politics or their intelligence to enjoy their output. But that one, I guess hit me a little bit close to home. And yeah, I hold a grudge, because this was way over a year ago, now.
Do I honestly think I'm hurting her? Nope. I'm sure she wouldn't care about losing a sale to me even if she knew that she offended me, which I'm sure she doesn't. I may yet relent someday and get both series, who knows? But for the moment, I have more than enough to keep me occupied without them.
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