Cecilia Tan's Blog Post

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Cecilia Tan published a post today entitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Ebook Piracy".  Have I mentioned lately how much I love this woman?

Comments

[elf]

Ooh, that's wonderful.

I'd love to see more authors acknowledging that (1) there's no signs that piracy hurts sales and (2) the alternate is that only legit, full-price customers have ever heard of your work, which has real problems for selling the next whatever.

Someday, I'll put together a poll to find out how many of people's favorite series they bought the first one of at full price.

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Someday, I'll put together a poll to find out how many of people's favorite series they bought the first one of at full price.

I didn't - for any of them. :D Hello, libraries and used book stores. I &hearts you.

[originalpuck]

Someday, I'll put together a poll to find out how many of people's favorite series they bought the first one of at full price.

I'd be really interested in seeing the results for this. :)

[greenwitch]

I can safely say that I read/listened through my current favorite series through a combination of library/used booksale/library audio download/pirated ebook means, and when the next hardcover comes out this summer, it's going to be pre-ordered through my local indie store (which has had sales drop over 25% since last holiday season, presumably when lots of people received ebook readers).

[cavocorax]

That would be interesting to see.

And great article!!!

I know for myself piracy has not effected the amount of books that I purchase. I believe that if I really enjoy an author I should show my support for them by buying their books. Sometimes I'll pirate a copy of a book I've already bought in paperback/hardcover form to back-up what I currently own, and sometimes I'll do it to try out an author I'm not sure of, but if that book turns into one that I really enjoy and will re-read, I'll buy it. I see that it's similiar to borrowing from the library (except a lot of pirated copies are formatted terribly - another reason to want to buy a copy).