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   rabbit_fighter (Brad Wright) (rabbit_fighter@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 05:58:35 JST rabbit_fighter (Brad Wright)

   • myrmepropagandist
   • sidereal
   • Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱
   • Robert Kingett

   @sidereal @susankayequinn @WeirdWriter @futurebird With e-books and audio books, authors often get paid only when their books are borrowed from libraries, not when the library adds the book to their collection. It depends on the licensing model the library chooses.

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     Robert Kingett (weirdwriter@caneandable.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 05:58:31 JST Robert Kingett

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     • myrmepropagandist
     • sidereal
     • FallsMom 🌻
     • Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱

     Yeah. If you do pirate our books, don't tell us you are doing it, at least, because some authors, like me, have a policy where if you just send me an email, and ask for the eBook, I'll give it to you for free. I give stuff away for free, and sure, you go on my mailing list, but really, it's free stuff, which you want anyway, right? Now, telling book pirates to stop is useless, and educating them is also useless, because they don't want to be educated, they just want free books. For others, https://www.tjklunebooks.com/new-blog/2020/12/1/im-angry @susankayequinn @FallsMom @rabbit_fighter @sidereal @futurebird

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     Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱 (susankayequinn@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 05:58:32 JST Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱

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     • sidereal
     • FallsMom 🌻
     • Robert Kingett

     @FallsMom @rabbit_fighter @sidereal @WeirdWriter @futurebird

     It's the licensing model the publishers choose—traditional publishing houses have very different contracts (that authors have no control over) & publishers set prices *really* high with the mistaken assumption that library sales hurt bookstore sales.

     Self-published authors (like me) know better--we price reasonably plus we only have (generally) one way to access libraries (overdrive). But we do get paid per copy not per borrow.

     alcinnz repeated this.
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     FallsMom 🌻 (fallsmom@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Saturday, 30-Nov-2024 05:58:33 JST FallsMom 🌻

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     • myrmepropagandist
     • sidereal
     • Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱
     • Robert Kingett

     @rabbit_fighter @sidereal @susankayequinn @WeirdWriter @futurebird

     Libraries don't have a lot of great licensing models to choose from, it's all about publishers' finances.