06-19-2013, 12:12 PM | #1 |
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I have a better anti-piracy device
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_16...ve-their-home/
Since this was on cbs, hopefully a lot of people will see it. I know Mobileread members support their favorite authors, when they can, but this makes the piracy issue personal. The Big Five, on the other hand . . . |
06-19-2013, 12:57 PM | #2 | |
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However, piracy is not something that I thought of when reading or looking at the story. What a see is what can happen when an ebook is reasonably priced and there is a decent story - even if the other is not well known. I looked through my ebook list and found that I had purchased 3 of her books. Now, that I know the rest of the story, I will get more! Again, great story! |
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06-19-2013, 03:54 PM | #3 |
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That was a great story!
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06-19-2013, 04:02 PM | #4 |
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How is this story about piracy? I don't get it.
I wonder about the quality of those romance novels.......>.> <.< |
06-19-2013, 06:05 PM | #5 |
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06-19-2013, 06:47 PM | #6 |
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Didn't mean to be confusing. After wiping the tears from my eyes, my next thought was I guess they (authors) aren't all like Scott Turow. I had just read the thread on the new German DRM scheme, and thought this was more likely to dissuade pirates.
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06-19-2013, 07:18 PM | #7 |
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Reasonably priced, widely available -- looks like a plan to me.
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But as for the price being low, what you pay in proportion to Wilder authorial time is sky high. Although they do have giveaway books, the median Wilder price seems to be $2.99. This means that, for one year of their work (40 books), you would pay about $119, or $59 for one year's work of one author.` Compare that to the one year it takes my favorite researched police procedural novelist, Archer Mayor, to write one book. His major publisher eBooks cost far less than $59. Or compare to my latest favorite author, Robert Caro, whose books are the product of another workaholic husband-wife team. It takes them at least six years to finish one book. This means Caro books are, by the Wilder price standard, worth about $800 each -- assuming zero value-to-the-reader for the major publisher editorial process. One could also do a price per word comparison. Caro books are, I think, at least five times the length of a typical genre novel. Maybe it would turn out that Caro and Wilder, by that measure, price similarly. |
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06-20-2013, 04:20 AM | #9 |
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That was a great story. Looks like imminent foreclosure may well be a great remedy for writer's block.
Congrats to them. |
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06-20-2013, 04:44 AM | #11 |
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06-20-2013, 07:40 AM | #12 |
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I guess I'm in the minority. I'm not uplifted or inspired by a story of people churning out books to make a quick buck.
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06-20-2013, 07:51 AM | #13 | |
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What I'm happy about is this: A couple facing financial ruin was able to conjure a source of income out of text and vapor. I'm not a fan of romance novels, but I do applaud those who manage to break free of the toil of cubicle purgatory. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 06-20-2013 at 07:59 AM. |
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06-20-2013, 07:54 AM | #14 |
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06-20-2013, 11:29 AM | #15 |
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A rags to riches story always cheers a person up I think.
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