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i won't be supporting him any further.

i get the whole argument yada yada but what i can't stand is whiners. this could have been handled behind the scenes and nobody would have been the wiser but this whole d-baggy rant he posted just makes him seem small and "oh woe is me". i think by mentioning it he drew faaaaar more attention to it than it would have otherwise gotten. now everybody knows about it rather than merely the handful who downloaded it from the site where it was posted.

personally i think someone who takes the time to compile, edit, format and compose a cover for free text from a website is more of a fan than somebody who simply clicks a "buy it now" button. most authors could only dream of having fans with dedication like that.

and if you want to come from a position of being on the "moral high ground" you might want to avoid cursing every other word or making rape analogies. its tacky.

is he wrong? no, not really. but if you want to engender sympathy there are better ways to do it than coming off like an absolute d*ck.