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Well you were the one who seemed to be fine with generalizations above. John Locke shouldn't make all independent authors look bad, just himself. And a few people with differences of opinion in this thread do not constitute a universal "who cares" sentiment about the transgression. You can read this thread if you want a real sampling of opinion: http://www.kindleboards.com/index.ph...,124295.0.html |
What makes other independent authors look bad is their failure to condemn Locke for his tactics.
I'm not talking about the entire universe of independent authors or people from other forums. I'm talking about the people HERE who have identified themselves as self-published authors, or who show book covers in their sigs, etc., which I therefore assume are independent authors.
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You'll find that pretty much everybody finds it to be wrong to some degree. And after you read that you'll then be able to make an informed statement about the general reaction of independent artists.
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It's wrong with a BUT. It's wrong, but "everybody" does it. It's wrong, but traditional publishers do it. It's wrong, but it's clever marketing. It's wrong, but it worked for him. It's wrong, and I would never do it, but ...
And when a segment of independent authors here don't seem to care much about ethics, yeah, it reflects badly on them.