tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post8255291207549851731..comments2024-01-17T01:33:02.302-08:00Comments on The Riddle of Writing: My book has been pirated!Deborah Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594174632573628818noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post-10792607657588712162011-09-09T11:01:13.239-07:002011-09-09T11:01:13.239-07:00Be happy!
Where I come from, being pirated is a ma...Be happy!<br />Where I come from, being pirated is a matter of honor. After all, someone thinks your stuff is worth reading!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post-29820437662239377812010-11-04T01:57:17.073-07:002010-11-04T01:57:17.073-07:00Hi Dee
Suffered the same thing last year and sent...Hi Dee<br /><br />Suffered the same thing last year and sent the link to Pan Mac to alert them. The site has been shut down since but it's a problem we're all going to have to deal with, philosophically at our end, and more realistically at the publisher's end. <br />I think as long as ebook prices continue to be as high or if not higher than a paperback, in these tough times, we're going to see this more and more.<br /><br />PS: Could you post a link to the pirate site on the MNW Google groups so that we can check if our own books are on there? I'm going to start posting pirate sites on the group as and when I discover them, just to keep everyone in the loop - call it an pirate-ebook monitoring service!mattfwcurran.com Web Admin https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post-58850346419977661362010-11-02T08:14:13.636-07:002010-11-02T08:14:13.636-07:00This is really depressing, Dee. But I feel that th...This is really depressing, Dee. But I feel that the book-buying public - the real ones - will want to buy your bok the proper way, so you may be adding to your readership rather than losing readers. Let's hope so, anyway.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post-13745959694163132032010-11-02T05:59:23.514-07:002010-11-02T05:59:23.514-07:00Hello everyone. Thanks Fiction Chick for your advi...Hello everyone. Thanks Fiction Chick for your advice, I've taken it. Unfortunately as Nevets says the website is abroad so no chance of sueing without a few million behind you. Also, as he says they just move along somewhere else. Interesting what you say Becki about some people going on to buy the real thing.Deborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594174632573628818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post-14206907915378763842010-11-02T05:38:30.849-07:002010-11-02T05:38:30.849-07:00Alis, I think with books there if a percentage of ...Alis, I think with books there if a percentage of book-readers who want to download for free, but I think the real driving force is students in school. Students will take anything for free and rationalize it.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post-28170338209497596192010-11-02T02:48:07.139-07:002010-11-02T02:48:07.139-07:00Depressing, isn't it? All the pundits said it ...Depressing, isn't it? All the pundits said it wouldn't happen to books because the book buying public is a different demographic to the music buying one. Clearly the book-downloading-for-free demographic is exactly the same as the music-etc one.<br />Sympathies.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post-58287575624744987652010-11-01T13:25:29.166-07:002010-11-01T13:25:29.166-07:00This is really depressing :( I think you should as...This is really depressing :( I think you should ask them to take it down although as Nevets said it might not be worth it.<br /><br />So not fair. Although I have to say that I know some commentators say that those who download things for free often go onto actually buy the things themselves if they do like them - there is evidence for this in the music biz - so maybe you will get some money from this eventually, I hope :(Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00408185291645608885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post-85400551936029548432010-11-01T08:31:59.105-07:002010-11-01T08:31:59.105-07:00The same thing happened to mine. Send the website ...The same thing happened to mine. Send the website a copyright infringement notice -- Scribd has a good template you can use at http://support.scribd.com/forums/33563/entries/22980Jagged Edgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01435493375198558451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313651519637984862.post-8077807338220498992010-11-01T06:34:21.096-07:002010-11-01T06:34:21.096-07:00As holders of the publication rights, you and publ...As holders of the publication rights, you and publisher should be able to bring a lawsuit against the pirates, depending on where in the world the website is hosted. The battle may not be worth the effort it would take, given that the pirates will often simply move on to other websites.<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear that your work has been taken like this. I can only imagine that it feels like a violation.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.com