My feeling about the darknet is that most people who are likely to be my customers would rather buy a legit copy of my work if it's available--and most of them probably never even venture into the darknet, if they even know what it is. To the degree that people see my work anywhere, I figure it helps more than it hurts, as it makes more people aware of my books. Same reason I put half a dozen of my books up for free download.
I really am in favor of cheap ebooks. But that doesn't make me want to burn the store down in order to save it.
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