E-piracy hurts!
Happy Friday, peeps!
Song of the day- Gravity by Sarah Bareilles
I've posted a few times with regard to this topic, and unfortunately felt the need to bring it to light once more as a good author friend of mine is struggling with this big time.
E-piracy hurts authors. It's as simple as that. When someone takes one of our ebooks, uploads it onto a server somewhere and shares it with the world it takes away from our sales. I'm not a greedy person by any means. However, I do live in California, and if you've been watching the news you'll know my state is going through a tough economic crisis. People are losing their homes, can't feed themselves, don't have jobs...the list goes on.
My guess is that the people who are illegally sharing ebooks are most likely thinking "how will sharing a $4.99 ebook effect her? That's pocket change. Besides, the people I'm sharing with would never have purchased the book anyway."
Pocket change adds up people. I've got a glass jar on my counter that I throw loose change into regularly. That shit adds up. And as for the illegal downloaders not purchasing the book anyway, my response is "how would you know?" Maybe they wouldn't. But, then again, maybe they would have. I'll never know, though, as you've provided them with a free copy.
The very talented author, Jennifer DeLucy has also written a blog post about this troubling topic here.
I fully agree with Jen when she says we need to speak out when we see illegal downloading on the net. Point a finger, leave the person a message or send them an email and let these people know piracy is wrong.
Rant over, lol!!!
Enjoy your Friday, peeps!
Song of the day- Gravity by Sarah Bareilles
I've posted a few times with regard to this topic, and unfortunately felt the need to bring it to light once more as a good author friend of mine is struggling with this big time.
E-piracy hurts authors. It's as simple as that. When someone takes one of our ebooks, uploads it onto a server somewhere and shares it with the world it takes away from our sales. I'm not a greedy person by any means. However, I do live in California, and if you've been watching the news you'll know my state is going through a tough economic crisis. People are losing their homes, can't feed themselves, don't have jobs...the list goes on.
My guess is that the people who are illegally sharing ebooks are most likely thinking "how will sharing a $4.99 ebook effect her? That's pocket change. Besides, the people I'm sharing with would never have purchased the book anyway."
Pocket change adds up people. I've got a glass jar on my counter that I throw loose change into regularly. That shit adds up. And as for the illegal downloaders not purchasing the book anyway, my response is "how would you know?" Maybe they wouldn't. But, then again, maybe they would have. I'll never know, though, as you've provided them with a free copy.
The very talented author, Jennifer DeLucy has also written a blog post about this troubling topic here.
I fully agree with Jen when she says we need to speak out when we see illegal downloading on the net. Point a finger, leave the person a message or send them an email and let these people know piracy is wrong.
Rant over, lol!!!
Enjoy your Friday, peeps!
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