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i'd like to know how romance publishers stay in business. most pirate sites are filled to the brim with romance and even sellers on amazon will sell you bags-full for pennies. they're more prevailent than anything, with urban fantasy running a close second. you've gotta work to find horror, science fiction or indie stuff.

textbooks/technical manuals are also very common.

i don't know how many people actually check out pirate sites. they're really not this one-stop clearinghouse that you would think. they're mostly filled with mainstream bestsellers that there are so many copies floating around that people throw them away and the aforementioned romance/urban fantasy. if you're a self published or small press author you're not being hurt by piracy.

99% of what i like to read won't ever appear on any pirate site, its simply not worth the risk/reward for someone to even bother posting it....if they even know about it in the 1st place.

uploaders telling downloaders "hey if you like it buy a legit copy or at least post a review" is also more common than you would think.