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I've had a bit of a poke around, and found a full copy (presumably) that was posted online right on release day. I'm not at all convinced by the claim that the bogus PDFs sent a stampede of folks off to order a paper book.
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Show some empathy, dude. There are multiple problems with the assumptions she makes, But we shouldn't be hoping she is utterly destroyed as an author. |
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With all this going on - (1) natural decline of a series readership, (2) lowered production run size, (3) large amount of intentional bogus books dumped on the internet, (4) piracy, (5) prices fluctuating all over the place - how can anyone conclude what caused what? My guess is that ALL played a part. And at different times, each factor played more or less of a part. |
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As to the empathy, dude. Well I kind of have a problem with that. I can't do dude empathy. |
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And don't get me wrong - I absolutely believe she had some books pirated, I pretty much assume any mass market publication probably has SOME piracy.
I just don't think that her experiment provided any proof in that direction whatsoever - and I also don't think that her premise that piracy almost caused her to lose her book deal is born out. That's her ultimate premise, after all - that "The Ronan trilogy nearly didn't exist because of piracy". Her attempt to prove piracy had any impact on her actual sales just doesn't do that. Last edited by rixte; 11-09-2017 at 11:48 AM. |
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Regardless of facts, statistics, or experiments, I've yet to see ANY author do themselves any favors by taking a vocal anti-piracy tack. It's a no-win situation where railing against it will only exacerbate the problem. Your paying fans don't want to hear you whinge about it, and your pirate fans don't care in the slightest.
You talk to readers about your books. You talk to industry insiders privately about your piracy concerns/woes. Because telling readers not to pirate your ebooks will only ever get you one of two responses: "I don't", or "Bite me." And then the world keeps going as it always did. |
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The library is a way that many people 'try out' authors. Then when they find authors they like, but also find the library doesn't have every book the author wrote, often go on to buy. And it's true libraries buy a lot of books. Recently, I had a notice that an ebook I'd put a hold on was not available and that it wouldn't be available until another copy was purchased. Checked yesterday, and apparently another copy *has* been purchased. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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It's like saying a shop doesn't do itself any favours by having security guards and cameras, it just annoys your paying customers. |
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No, it's not like saying that at all. A better analogy would be: despite already having security guards and cameras, the shopkeeper insisted on shouting "don't steal my stuff!" at customers whenever they came into his store.
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Heh, anyone who reads one of Flynn Eire's books is first treated to an absolutely god-awful screed ordering them to "Buy a Damn Copy" and calling them the worse kind of thief ever if they don't. Which is a joke/challenge to pirates everywhere and also pretty damn rude to people who got theirs by way of libraries and other legit borrowing methods. Dunno how effective it is in stopping illicit downloads -- probably not very as a few minutes on a search engine can probably find plenty of links -- but in my case it's proven quite the deterrent. From ever buying her books, that is. Really, I should pay to be insulted? No, thanks, Ms. Flynn. Plenty of other books for me to spend my money on, yours I'll just leave by the wayside.
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