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Old 05-11-2012, 09:50 AM   #33
Demosthenex
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
Err..um...Mark, I'm not with him....But maybe you can set up a donation link so he can pay extra.....
If a paperback in B&N costs about $7 on average now with the middlemen getting most of it and only a small portion going to the author, why wouldn't I jump at the chance to pay $5 directly to the author for a DRM-free electronic copy?

I'm getting the same book at a discount and DRM-free. Plus I'm paying the author for his work more directly (my understanding is that while paper books give <20% to the author I've heard that Amazon was >70%).

The value is there, I don't need to be cheap. Authors have to eat too. I'd use the tip jar if he had one, I enjoyed his book!
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