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Originally Posted by DixieGal
cmbs, I have a fresh example for you about the process. Just this morning, in another thread, the discussion was about a book that reads like an old timey tall tale. Well, I remembered reading "Titanium Mike Saves The Day" by David D. Levine last year. Highly recommend it. I expected to find it at Fictionwise or Books on Board. No luck. Then did a Google search for it. Went to Levine's website, where I originally got it, but it is no longer available to download. Another Google search showed it at several sites, but when I checked them out, they did not have any talk of copyrights at all.
I have the book in my library in several formats. I would love to share it with everyone. But it appears that the author has withdrawn it from being downloaded legally. Therefore, I was not able to provide a link to the story.
It is as simple as choosing to do the right thing, even if it is not what you want.
For reference, see recent news articles about this crop of recent college grads, how they have been coddled all through their entire lives by too-involved parents, how they cheated their way through college, and now expect the working world to give a damn about their oh-so-special opinions and unearned sense of entitlement. My niece is "extra-special" because she was one of eleven valedictorians in her high school graduating class. Yep, all 11 of them tromped up to the podium for their "I'm Super Great!" awards. That's not valedictory ... that's a pep squad.
I'll be over here in my cubicle grumbling about how much I hate the Kaylees and Trevors who are now becoming adults according to the calendar but still live at home with mom and think they have a valid opinon about anything when they are really full of crap and refuse to accept a differing view about either their opinions or crappiness. The Brylees and Codies of the world are getting on my nerves this morning.
I need cheesecake and DECAF coffee.
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Doing the right thing is often not the easiest way to go, but if you care about your own sense of morals and respecting the rights of others, then you have to do it. I have formatted books that I'd love to share with the world but the authors say no so I don't. Because I respect their wishes. Because the world doesn't revolve around me and I wouldn't be happy with myself if I distributed something that wasn't mine to distribute without the permission of the owner.
I also read that story and noticed it and several of the ones that were freebies last year are not on Fictionwise at all anymore, I was going to recommend one (might have been that one - it was good) and found it missing. If they don't want it distributed, then it shouldn't be. How much someone wants it or the fact it was free last year are completely irrelevent.
I hope that's some really good cheesecake.
