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#add to that insult the injury of finding your work uploaded to a piracy website and...
redwinterroses
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#another one of my writer friends posting about book piracy this morning
#it's heartbreaking; these authors trying to make a living doing what they love and selfish morons online ruin everything
#look. if you pirate textbooks I'm not going to judge you. textbook publishing is a scam
#if you pirate movies the actors and directors and crew have already been paid
#the only people you're hurting are execs and possibly the chances of other films from that director or whatever
#because the profit margins determine future output
#but when you pirate a normal reading book
#and ESPECIALLY a novel
#you are directly hurting the author
#the only authors that get paid in advance for their work are like... Stephen King. International bestsellers who got their start
#in the 70s and 80s when the industry was different
#anyone else? no. they get paid pennies per book sold. even big name authors can't afford to write full time because of thieves
#and heaven help the indies
#i have friends who literally make NEGATIVE profit because of legal piracy
#where people buy a book read it and then return it
#that return comes out of the author's payment from Amazon
#most indies make pennies anyway so a negative paycheck is a huge blow
#add to that insult the injury of finding your work uploaded to a piracy website and...
#frankly it's amazing anyone tries to publish anything anymore
#the fact that people defend this behavior is insane
#'oh but i can't afford to buy books' ever heard of a library? of a used bookstore? of PaperbackSwap?
#'the book i want isn't available!' then get off your tush and talk to your librarian
#most libraries have a book request form
#heck most libraries and do interlibrary loan. borrow it from somewhere else
#you might have to wait a few days (le gasp) but the big difference is
#THE AUTHOR GOT PAID FOR THE CONTENT YOU ARE ENJOYING
#i see piracy guides come across my dash sometimes and i just---
#stop. respect authors. respect creators.
#if you don't then i hope someday you create something and someone steals it from you. because you'll have no room to complain
#redwintertalks
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