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Originally Posted by Trenien
At the very least you'd need to be very explicit as to what it is exactly you offer. But the thing is, there is an endless stream (as torrents  ) of complete books. Why would anyone bother to read the first few chapters of books from an unknown author (no offense Steve) to decide if you want to buy and read them. |
I agree it would be best to label the items as excerpts. I've downloaded excerpts of things before, to read before buying. (In fact, I've downloaded one of the excerpts from Steve's site itself.) The idea is partly to get his name out there. Again, most people who download get a lot of stuff they never read. Certainly no harm done there. But someone might spot a title in a forum or torrent search or whatever that they might not have come across, otherwise. Steve's decision is likely to be based on how much exposure he might get compared to how much work he'd have to put in.
