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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
In addition to that, it's a huge morale issue. If people close to me do not even understand my livelihood how much easier is it for mistakes to be made by others? Pretty easy.
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I do agree that people are largely unaware of the moral issues involved in copying digital media. And in your particular anecdote, I agree that sounds like a probably lost sale.
The big question is whether casual sharing gets you more sales from new readers than you lose through casual sharing between people who have already read one or more of your books. I don't think anyone knows the answer to that.