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I don't personally suffer the risk of adjusted salary myself, but my company certainly is. And to be the team player that I'm forced to be by the laws that bind me and my company, although I don't risk my salary level within that company I completely sacrifice all notion of job security. So I know I have to struggle to be the guy my company always wants to keep so that I can continue to pay off my mortgage and buy the ebooks that I like to read. This can involve me delivering more for less. Being paid the same amount of money for more hours, for more pressure. That's life. My reply would be why the hell shouldn't I make these demands when I know that I myself am subject to the same demands - even if indirectly. Regards Caleb |
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04-25-2011, 10:38 AM | #33 | |
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It's not a difficult concept to grasp. Edit: That sounds harsher than I meant, my apologies. But, I still don't think your argument holds water at all. Not buying a book isn't even remotely like downloading it off the darknet. I really don't understand why you're even asking the question. Last edited by carld; 04-25-2011 at 10:53 AM. |
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I think you can only get more people to buy your books who are happy to buy books in the first place. I can't see you turning the head of someone who has no intention of buying something he/she can get for free. I've know some of these people and they do things like boast about downloading 1000 books for nothing only to confess that they don't even read books. I am still happy to purchase your book now as I was when I put your book on my wish list. $2.99 is an extremely reasonable price and the book was recommended. I'm thinking now that I might have been a bit wimpy about the word count. That's quite ridiculous - I think I'll just buy it with my next Smashwords purchase. EDIT: Oh I'm completely stupid as usual. I just checked and I've already purchased it some time ago. Regards Caleb Last edited by caleb72; 04-25-2011 at 10:47 AM. |
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I think editing services are already progressively being exported to India aren't they? Or is that something I misread somewhere. Regards Caleb |
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You can download a lifetime's worth of reading from the public domain. And that's after the abusive copyright extensions in the US. As Hemmingway said, "You either do something new, or you're trying to beat dead men at their own game." Last edited by Greg Anos; 04-25-2011 at 11:36 AM. |
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Go for it. I won't respond to "buy my book or I'll stop writing" threats. You were on my tbr list. And I still appreciate the way you offer your books.
We'll have to agree to disagree on that. You're welcome to stop writing whenever you want for whatever reason you want. But there's no reason to toss your hands in the air and publicly announce on a whim that it's because the pirates just won't stop even though you've responded to all their demands. |
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