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Originally Posted by starrigger
I'd like to suggest that we cut Steve a little slack here. He's written a number of books, and he's feeling discouraged, and I know exactly how that feels. I give him credit for being willing to put his feelings upfront here in a mostly friendly community.
At the same time, I urge Steve to stop thinking that piracy is a very likely culprit in the problem of low sales. I suspect you don't actually believe it yourself, Steve, given that you sell your books in DRM-free format. Your complaints to me sound more like a snarl of frustration, and you're basically looking for something to pin your frustration on, and some solution. If you really thought your readers were thieves, I don't think you'd keep selling DRM-free books. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
There are so many more likely factors in your problem, all of which have already been mentioned, so I won't repeat them. I'll just suggest that whatever harm the pirate sites might be doing in giving your books away for free, it's probably outweighed by the free publicity they're giving you, in making your name more visible.
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Actually I have to apologize to you. I got you guys mixed up and thought you were the thread starter. It is your books I bought from fictionwise despite having them available on a torrent. I'm not sorry I bought them anymore...
-Marcy