Why I changed my profile...
Some of you may have noticed that I changed my profile. The first line is now a statement for anti-piracy. There's a reason for that. If you do a search for my name, my Good Reads profile, for now, usually appears near the top of the listing. So if I only get one potential chance to reach someone, I want the statement loud and clear. It may take a few days before the cached page is updated.
Oh, warning, ya'll. My McAfee screams, "Danger, Will Robinson!" at pirate sites. Remember the old adage, "Nothing's free?" It's true, especially of those sites. They are loaded with adware and viruses. Yeah they may have goten a 'free' book, too bad they can't read it because their hard drive fried. They must have thought 'cause the site was pretty it was legit.
Strangely enough, The Telling, a book I wanted to give, free of charge, as a gift to readers, in honor of those in the armed forces and those who are right now making decisions to be who they really are, has shown up on those sites. And get this: folks have downloaded it! Hello! Ummm... why are you doing that? It was a gift! No stealing necessary! Just go to the site, click the link... And no ugly viruses to worry about. Sigh. What can you do? It lays waste to the argument that "If you give them something free, they'll leave your other stuff alone" though. That is so not true, I've learned to my great horror.
What really twisted the knife for me, though, was some of the comments at one such site. One commenter told the poster, "You rock! X is one of my favorite writers, and I've wanted this book for awhile." Okay, if X is one of their favorites, why are they stealing from her? Taking food off her table? Making it so that she may have to give up writing for a nine to five job? Also, why does the poster "rock"? They are a thief, who has distributed stolen goods. The commenter also promised to keep the file going, like destroying the author's livelihood was some kind of sacred trust. Note to said poster, "I hope you hate my work."
Another commenter pouted because no one would post the book they wanted. Oh how my heart bleeds...
Oh, warning, ya'll. My McAfee screams, "Danger, Will Robinson!" at pirate sites. Remember the old adage, "Nothing's free?" It's true, especially of those sites. They are loaded with adware and viruses. Yeah they may have goten a 'free' book, too bad they can't read it because their hard drive fried. They must have thought 'cause the site was pretty it was legit.
Strangely enough, The Telling, a book I wanted to give, free of charge, as a gift to readers, in honor of those in the armed forces and those who are right now making decisions to be who they really are, has shown up on those sites. And get this: folks have downloaded it! Hello! Ummm... why are you doing that? It was a gift! No stealing necessary! Just go to the site, click the link... And no ugly viruses to worry about. Sigh. What can you do? It lays waste to the argument that "If you give them something free, they'll leave your other stuff alone" though. That is so not true, I've learned to my great horror.
What really twisted the knife for me, though, was some of the comments at one such site. One commenter told the poster, "You rock! X is one of my favorite writers, and I've wanted this book for awhile." Okay, if X is one of their favorites, why are they stealing from her? Taking food off her table? Making it so that she may have to give up writing for a nine to five job? Also, why does the poster "rock"? They are a thief, who has distributed stolen goods. The commenter also promised to keep the file going, like destroying the author's livelihood was some kind of sacred trust. Note to said poster, "I hope you hate my work."
Another commenter pouted because no one would post the book they wanted. Oh how my heart bleeds...
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