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Originally Posted by Moejoe
*sigh*
You may as well have just written 'Please don't read my works because I consider most of you thieves. Please, please, target audience, please note my name and make sure that you never, ever read my stuff again.' You may have consulted lawyers, you may be able to write a thousand books on the subject, but you really don't get what's happening at all.
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On the contrary, I think he does get it. The man writes books for a living and expects to get paid for it just they way I expect to be paid for my work. He is offering his product in a convenient form at a reasonable price (or even free). What more do you want from him?
I have a beef with some ebooks being listed for $25 or more but I have no problems buying (licensing?) quality ebooks at reasonable prices (<$10).
It is simple, if you want books from professional writers, you should pay them, hence the term "professional". I don't expect quality writers, such as Grisham, Conroy, King, etc to sit at a word processor and write 10 hour/day and just give all of it away. I don't work for free and they shouldn't either.