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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
A true author isn't in this to make money. They're in it for the fun, and to entertain people along the way. Because if you're in it for the fame and money, you're in it for all the wrong reasons.
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I don't worry about piracy, but equally, I take issue with your statement that "A true author isn't in this to make money." Catherine Ryan Howard
expressed why better than I can:
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And as I’ve said before, if you don’t want to make money from your writing then I can only conclude that you don’t love writing as much as I do, because it’s the thing I love to do the most and I want to do it all the time, and if I don’t generate an income from it, I have to do something else, something I don’t love, for the majority of each and every day. And that would suck. That doesn’t mean I would only write if there was the promise of financial compensation, but if there is financial compensation, that’s obviously better, because it means more time to write.
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As ApK says, if you don't want to make money, you can give your stuff away. If you want to do that, great, go ahead. I have no issue with that. Your post suggested that you think no-one should try and make money from their writing, and I do have an issue with that.