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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
He's intimating that, if his fans appreciated his work, they wouldn't pirate his work. How hard is that to understand?
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True fans, of course, would never share a book with someone who can't afford it right now, or who live in an area where it's not sold. They'd tell them, "this is an awesome author, and you will realize that if you just buy one of his books for full retail price--as soon as it's available in your region--and read it."
Because that's how most of us discovered our favorite authors, right? We walked into a bookstore and bought something by an author we'd never read before.
Brian Keene doesn't want fans; he wants customers. That's a reasonable goal for an author to have, but he should perhaps consider that there are almost always easier ways to make money.