A.J.’s answer to “I just finished The Black Guard and have ordered Dark Blood. I live in the US and had to order the…” > Likes and Comments

I am yet another US resident who has fallen in love with your books. I ordered the hard cover from amazon.co.uk(paying the unfortunate shipping fee). But I have a friend that resorted to pirating because there was no legal means to get an ebook version. Which is all he reads.

We had a lengthy debate about the ethics of what he was doing. I told him he should also buy a hard cover to support the author. He said he'd happily buy the ebook, but he couldn't justify spending over 3 times the amount for a physical book that he didn't want.

I guess I'm asking for your take on this? What's a US fan to do when acquiring your book through legal means is impossible or discouragingly costly?

I won't moralise about piracy - I don't think anyone is without sin in that area - but the lack of a U.S publisher is more frustrating than anything else. I'd suggest befriending a rich publishing-type-dude and singing my praises.
The global nature of the internet is not always synchronised with the national nature of publishing.
Thanks for the support though.

AJS