kaylapocalypse:

bookphile:

It seems like we’re talking about pirating again because some asshole uploaded an arc to a pirate site before the book was published and the author is now facing a possibility of losing a contract with a publisher. 

So here’s are a few reminders:

• when you pirate books you help devalue them 
• you may not have money for books, but authors may not have money to eat, pay their bills, etc. 
  
• you are stealing, which is a crime in basically every country in the world
  
• if a book is pirated enough the author loses not only money they could have made on those sales, but also future contracts. so not only are you hurting book sales, you’re literally ruining a person’s career
  
• if you pirate a book that’s part of a series, the publisher may decide not to extend the author’s contract and not buy future books
  
• if you live in a foreign country other than where the book is published and you pirate books, you are hurting not only the authors but the chances of ever having more books published in your country, because the decision of a publisher to ever publish in your country is based on the sales and piracy rates
• If you live in the US and pirate foreign books, just remember that the amount of published foreign books is very tiny, and you’re helping make it even smaller
• no books shouldn’t be free because they take a ton of labor and resources to produce and are a business. 
• It doesn’t matter if you decide to buy the book later, you still helped contribute to piracy numbers

Also please refrain from telling people to go to the library to get their books. Many places, even in the United States, don’t have libraries or don’t have free libraries, so it’s really moot point.

Just remember that you don’t have to read the latest release or popular books. There are plenty of other reading materials. And if you really value books and reading, maybe don’t devalue them by stealing.

I would literally rather send people PDFs of my book for free on an individual basis than have them upload it to a piracy site. I would rather purchase and mail physical copies of my book to dozens of strangers a week than have them do this. I would rather call libraries in the readers area and ask them to order a copy than have them do this. The first time I saw The Wicker King on a piracy site my heart sank. I’m a debut author, my sales at the time determined whether I would continue to even get to BE an author. Please just… if you want to read something, reach out to the author. They might help you find a way.

Care. Book of Jane.

Fuhh this hit hard. I always feel like a burden if ask people for help.

Kim’s Cancer Fund

this is one of my dearest friends, please click the link & give it a read;

if anything at all, it will take 1 minute out of your day.

if this could circulate, to different people around this world that would be amazing… but what would also be amazing is helping share this link and if it’s possible for you, donating what would be your morning cup of coffee or evening beverage… even a dollar makes a difference… raise awareness.. help save a life. Thank you.

Is this a new kind of attention deficit?

https://minusthenegative.com/post/iwantattentionicanthaveitiwanttostopicantdoit

Anyone else tired of crying?

https://minusthenegative.com/post/howmanytears

!!ATTENTION!!