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Originally Posted by Larken
I have often thought that a better idea would be to go to a book signing of someone like Jim Butcher with $150 or so, and hand it to him and say "Here... this is for all the books I've read that you've written, but I haven't purchased" I figure it might put more money in their pocket than if I bought them off the shelf. Of course, I might just get punched too...  |
A number of authors would prefer that you bought they books--they like their editors & publishers, and want them to get paid for their work as well.
Considering how authors are prone to flip out when someone says, "your ebook isn't available in my region so I downloaded it," I'm surprised more authors don't get upset when readers tell them they've only read secondhand copies of their books.
It seems like they keep shifting the goalposts--is the real issue, "you should be paying for your entertainment" (in which case, what's wrong with paying your friend for an ebook, especially if he deletes it from his drive when he gives you a copy), or is it "you should pay THE AUTHOR for your books," in which case, why don't they scream about the evils of secondhand copies?