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Originally Posted by ahi
As my comment indicates, Andybaby, I also do not see why CJ would wish to remove her book from being listed by Google Books... however I am sure everyone here recognizes that she has the right to do so.
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I agree with everything you said.
Google books is like walking into a book store, and on our side of the shelf, all the books on display have pages ripped out of them, not just 1 or 2. but 70%+ of the book. then instead of having just 1 counter, they give you many counters, and each counter has a different price for the book, some cheaper, some more expensive. but at the end of the day. if someone liked what they saw, they will buy it.
but you can just as easily walk into a barnes and noble and read the entire book(or perhaps not just as easily, for that you have to put on pants... at least in NYC.)
its its not Mildly silly of her to want to pull those limited copies, unless her beef with them is that they are LIMITED, and not full copies, which I know is not the case from her other posts on Piracy and digital sales that have not been friendly to her. I don't find it possibly thick headed of her to want to pull these limited previews, I find it damned stupid. short of pretty retarded, and long of superbly Insane. (that would be her pulling all her digital copies from the internet, suing anyone who even mentions her name, and other insane things to do) but Authors are weird, we all know that and I'm sure she can take some criticism
and CJ, don't listen to me if you want. All I want for you is to make money, boat loads of it. also sorry for my long winded rants. I've been reading Heinlein Lately, the Uncut version of Stranger, and when I read I fall so heavily in that I start talking like the characters... at least with heinlein(its almost impossible to talk to me if I've recently read Moon is a Harsh mistress). so sorry if I come off sounding a bit like Jubal Harshaw or Lazurus Long.
I hope to one day fall into one you're your books in the same way, but I don't want to Enter blindly into it, or have to resort to piracy just to sample your writing without going to the library. Which just like piracy is a lost sale.
Point, Samples are a Good thing! that is why your first hit of cocaine is free!