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Originally Posted by WritePR
Hi, I'm new here. This thread caught my eye and I wish it hadn't. I'm a writer, and the many instances of hate, contempt and just plain disrespect for writers I found in this thread infuriate me, as does the ignorance of publishing rights and what things are and are not under the authors and retailer's control.
Despite what one poster so arrogantly proclaimed, many writers do NOT have a day job. I'm one of them. Writing IS my day job. It pays my bills and puts food on my table. I do not understand why many of you feel writers don't deserve to be paid for their work. Writing a book isn't easy. Selling it isn't either, although with ebooks it's become less difficult. Why do you think we should write for free?? How would you feel if you worked in a profession where you created or made something..clothing, cars, baseballs, whatever, and people told you since they could not afford your merchandise or it wasn't available where they lived, they were entitled to steal it? Writers create stories, characters and often entire worlds, and no one has a right to steal them any more than they have a right to steal a car or an iPad.
I don't buy the nonsense that it's no different than buying a used book or going to the library or getting a book from a friend, because somewhere along the line, the author was PAID for that book. People that refuse to buy the paper version OR the electronic version and download it from some torrent site instead are stealing, period.
Can't afford to buy a book? Go to the library.
I just find it unbelievable that some of you think writers should write for free.
I'll go back to lurking now.
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Quoted for truth and good writing! And very well said. I'm in the same boat and rowing the same direction WritePR. Karmas...