2026-10-16 10:17 UTC
#WritersCoffeeClub – 16th Oct. How do you feel about people reading your works without buying a personal copy?
Long-standing publishing lore is, there are roughly four readers per book sold. This includes library loans, second-hand sales, and friends borrowing books. This is normal.
I don't get mad at warez sites (most downloads go unread, most readers wouldn't have bought one), but I *DO* get enraged by pirates who re-list and sell my ebooks on amazon (they're stealing income from authors).
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@utterlymundane@hachyderm.io 2026-10-16 10:54
@cstross@wandering.shop these days I wonder how many other^wof those downloads are people who have purchased a copy but want to get around drm restrictions and actually read the damn thing.