fighting fire with fire
So I discovered this morning that my novel,
Transcendence
, has been ripped (presumably from its Kindle edition) and file-shared all across teh intarwebs. Most irritating, perhaps, is that the top several hits on a Google search of my name and book title show torrent and file-sharing-club sites.
Here's how I responded:
What? How can this be? I can't believe someone would rip and share my book!
How dare they! The bastards! They didn't even ask.
Maybe if I ask the torrent sites to take down the offending posts, this will go away.
*boo-hoo*
Hm. I guess this just means that I have at least one torrent-hack for a fan. Any exposure is good exposure, right?
I know! I'll beat them at their own game and give it away, myself. Bwahahahaha!
So! If you want to help, let people know where they can get my novel:
My publisher's website with my book:
Here's the link to Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982946708/?tag=CSSF-20
It's also been Kindled:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BA5GJ0/?tag=CSSF-20
Powell's:
http://www.powells.com/biblio?
Barnes & Noble:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Transcendence/Christopher-McKitterick/e/9780982946701
Alibris:
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=10473949295
And of course they can get it from my site, where I offer an HTML excerpt as well as where people can download the whole thing in .pdf format for free:
http://www.sff.net/people/mckitterick/Me/Transcendence1.htm
Links to these will help alter Google's (and other search engines') algorithyms such that the torrent sites fall off. I'd appreciate your help!
Best,
Chris
Here's how I responded:
What? How can this be? I can't believe someone would rip and share my book!
How dare they! The bastards! They didn't even ask.
Maybe if I ask the torrent sites to take down the offending posts, this will go away.
*boo-hoo*
Hm. I guess this just means that I have at least one torrent-hack for a fan. Any exposure is good exposure, right?
I know! I'll beat them at their own game and give it away, myself. Bwahahahaha!
So! If you want to help, let people know where they can get my novel:
My publisher's website with my book:
Here's the link to Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982946708/?tag=CSSF-20
It's also been Kindled:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BA5GJ0/?tag=CSSF-20
Powell's:
http://www.powells.com/biblio?
Barnes & Noble:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Transcendence/Christopher-McKitterick/e/9780982946701
Alibris:
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?invid=10473949295
And of course they can get it from my site, where I offer an HTML excerpt as well as where people can download the whole thing in .pdf format for free:
http://www.sff.net/people/mckitterick/Me/Transcendence1.htm
Links to these will help alter Google's (and other search engines') algorithyms such that the torrent sites fall off. I'd appreciate your help!
Best,
Chris
Published on November 16, 2010 17:09
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