Comments on: Link Salad, and Stealing

By: j

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:30:19 +0000

hi,

I love your books, and I read them in ebook, but I don’t understand why you can get the normal bookversion of Flesh Circus in Belgium but not the ebook…

What’s the point of geographical restrictions -is there one?- if you can buy the normal bookversion from Amazon for example? Is it coming or should I just buy the bookversion ?

So Jennifer I’m jealous :p I’d like to be able to pre-purchase, instead of waiting until midnight to download it

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:40:01 +0000

I hate that people are trying to rip off your work. Unless it is a legal giveaway by the publisher, I would never download a book for free. I want all of my favorite authors to be able to support themselves with their writing so that they can produce more of the stories that bring me so much enjoyment.

I loved Flesh Circus – can’t wait for the next one. I’m lucky enough to have a Kindle so I didn’t have to wait at all to get it. I had pre-purchased it and as soon as I turned on the wireless on release date, there it was, waiting for me – a great way to start the day.

By: erik

erik — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:55:24 +0000

I love the fact that your books are released as ebooks. I buy books from fictionwise.com and read them on an ipod touch (and a Palm PDA before that). This means (legal) instant gratification as soon as the book is released. In my mind, that availability removes even further the excuse to pirate your work.

I am more than happy to support your efforts as they give me many hours of enjoyment.

By: marley

marley — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:20:13 +0000

i’ve spent a lot of money on your books, probably more than i have on almost any other author because i can get most others at my local libaray. i love libraries, but i anmm completely willing to pay for what i want. it’s the way the world works and i think it’s a little odd that people find it normal to get things all free. like this, your blog, which i usually dash for the computer to check if there is snything new,m though this is a horribly written sentence. but…
i just read teh orticle by patrick stewart and was torn between crying and vomiting. a really well written article and something that’s especially intense for anyone who’s ever been torn between that guilty hatered (because society screams at us that we should love our fathers no matter what) and the equally sickening fearful gut-wrenching love/hate/awe/fear. and then the alcohol fumes. blech. some things are constant in all situations like these

By: Barbara Buttram

Barbara Buttram — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:50:37 +0000

I love the name Lilith. I like your site, and I practice witchcraft alone. Live in U.S. Small minded town named Gadsden. In a small minded State, Alabama. Just love that name. I like the story behind it, as well.

By: mazoku

mazoku — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:50:13 +0000

I really don’t get people who torrent or download torrented books. It’s the author’s work and it’s right that the author gets paid for it, as any other people get paid for any other work.
The more torrented copies downloaded, the less the real book sells: this not only means lower sales, but lower ranking of the book in, say, the NYT bestseller list, or others like that. Aside from the economical repercussions of this, I’m usually happy when I see authors I like making high sales, because that means their work is appreciated and valued and it shows.

Asking for torrented copies is everything BUT showing your appreciation for the author’s work. It’s not their right to have free copies of them, as much as it’s not in their right to, say, travel for free on airplanes. It’s just bull***t they say to cover the fact that they’re greedy.

To this people I say: call me old-minded, or stupid, or whatever, but I’ll keep on paying for the books I like and support the authors that write them, thank you very much.

By: Lili

Lili — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:00:01 +0000

Libraries = All that is good and wholesome.

Torrenting = Bad.

That about sums it up.

By: science_cyrano

science_cyrano — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:56:16 +0000

How do you feel about libraries?

I don’t torrent, but I do use my local library a lot.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:15:07 +0000

How desperate do you have to be to torrent a paperback book available from just about any bookstore? Some people just don’t learn.

By: readerdiane

readerdiane — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:17:25 +0000

Another reason to love Patrick Stewart. I really apprecited his heart felt column. Thanks for pointing the way.