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You write to make money. Forgive me sir, I say this with the utmost respect. You went in for all the wrong reasons. Writing is supposed to be fun and because you have a story to tell. You want to make money thats great. Who doesnt? But dont walk in thinking youll be a millionaire overnight. Youre an unknown, did you advertise? I ask your apologies if you have but as I said, Ive never heard of you and Im into books. Have you gone out anywhere to try and get your name out? Have you done anything at all besides just say 'PIRATES' and give up? How long have you even been out? As I said, Ive never heard of you. Ive never seen you anywhere. I ask you sir, what have you done so that you can make that million? Or did you just put out a book and figure that itll work itself out? |
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04-25-2011, 03:25 PM | #77 |
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It's a new symbol that Overdrive is using to represent DRM'd ebooks. Non-DRM books have a tiny open lock symbol, DRM'd books have a closed lock. It's really nothing new, nor anything to be concerned about. It's just a visual representation of the presence of the DRM that's always been there.
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04-25-2011, 03:26 PM | #78 |
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If you don't buy a book, and don't pirate it, money doesn't have to be the reason. It could be you just simply didn't want the book. If price does factor in, it could be that you simply couldn't afford it, or didn't find it to be a good enough value. Not pirating a book, and not buying it, is doing without something you simply do not find to be worth the expense (be it monetary or time spent reading it), where as pirating it boils down to simply the expense part of it. For some people anything not free is too expensive, so you may as well not even think of those people as lost sales. |
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04-25-2011, 03:35 PM | #84 | |
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What promoting have you done and where? You mentioned you did it but like I said, I havent seen you anywhere. I havent heard of you. Maybe youre someone who slipped through the cracks. Im human, I cant know every author out there. Or maybe, just maybe, you should consider more promotion. I wouldnt call you a blockhead but I do question your thinking. Last edited by NVash; 04-25-2011 at 03:40 PM. |
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