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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Also, I want to SERIOUSLY thank Harmon, because I hadn't thought about PG distribution. Thank you Harmon. You are awesome.  |
Aw, shucks,... <scratching toe in dirt> Actually, it wasn't exactly my thought - I was responding to someone else and intended to contradict him - I initially thought that PG wouldn't host anything not clearly out of copyright. But I thought I'd make sure I knew what I was talking about & found out that I didn't. (This happens a lot, according to my wife...)
BTW, I've often wondered why an author, finding a pirated book on a pirate site, wouldn't set up a tip jar and a link to the pirate on his own site, along with a message to the effect that "if you want to, you can get the book <here> and you have my permission to do it if you pay me." Or point to the site, and say "you can find a poorly edited pirated version <here> for free, but if you prefer to read rather than edit, here's the authorized version for X bucks." And I certainly would include something in any digitized version of my book telling the reader where to find and pay for a legitimate copy, in case he's reading a pirated copy.
In other words, in a sense, pirate sites are advertising & distribution networks provided to the author for free by volunteers. Sort of like PG, only you might be able to make a buck off of it.