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I Love Reading Books

Guilty because I found out there is an underground world where ppl post and share ebooks illegally. For me its like a whole new world has open up, I can read any books without paying a single cent!!
ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F
So you don't care if the authors get paid? You'll just enjoy their hard work for free without question? I'm against pirating content like that. Those artists should be paid for their work.
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ChampagneOnIce · 51-55, F
I'm not sure to what you're referring. I don't think you can generalize people of a certain nationality. I have friends in different parts of the world, and if you mean confident, intelligent, and passionate those traits are shared among my friends regardless of where we live.
AlienZipper · 61-69, M
@ChampagneOnIce: just consider the source... it's obvious these two aren't worth the time or effort....
StefanoHopkins · 51-55, M
I don't mind paying up to five dollars for an Ebook, and addictively do so.
But, I can't see these literati wanting over ten, since you can't sell it, loaning, where allowed is complicated, you can't even give it away.
Amazon, like any retailer, grinds it out of their vendors. I used to sell music tapes to convenience stores a long time ago, and they used to grind it out of me. It's unfortunate.
So, I wish that writers got a better deal from Amazon, but since there are people apparently making something out of books for a dollar or two, like Wildside Press, with public domain packages, I should think five dollars could work out for newer copyrighted books. In fact, there are a lot of titles at that price.
Do you want to make a high percentage on a few books, or a lower percentage on a (digital) ton of them ? I'd choose the latter, since exposure never hurts.

 
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