You are right, of course, it is doubly moped. However, the word “steal” is more sensational than “exchange” and I was hoping for more interested parties than if it were 😉 called “illegal e-book exchange” On the Internet, you can exchange e-books read on many sites. If it is legal, we clarify in this article. Very interesting article that will certainly make some people think. Somewhere, however, there is the “writer in me” without me being able to ask him. 🙂 It made me smile, for example, when I saw the B&W photo with the text. The photo is great, but the text says, “ILLEGAL THEFT OF E-BOOKS.” My somewhat provocative question is: has there ever been a LEGAL flight? 🙂 I can live with the header of the article that talks about an “illegal exchange of e-books”. After all, an exchange can have both attributes. The “claw,” however, doesn`t. 🙂 🙂 If you`ve already read many e-books, you can exchange them for new reading materials on file-sharing sites. First, I would cover my winnings. If I notice that more and more of my books are being downloaded illegally, it may be advisable to build multiple pillars as sources of income. Thus, you do not immediately enter into existential fears when one of the pillars collapses.
Especially through changes that you can`t influence, it can happen quickly. So if you don`t have a very large financial buffer to make ends meet for a few months or years, think about how you can make money elsewhere, preferably not necessarily through digital products, as they can still be stolen. For example, I now work as a social media manager and I get a salary for it, I also sell texts, correct texts for a fee, and I would like to focus on YouTube and the possibilities there in the future. When my books are sold, it breaks my heart, but not my neck. When it comes to “pirated e-books”, the pricing policy of the “big” publishers is a decisive factor. E-books are simply being sold for too much. It is “only” a file of a few KB that is not tangible and that you do not put on the shelf. But demanding a price almost as high as for a printed book goes in the direction of “scam”.
And in my opinion, this leads to the fact that for many “normal readers”, the threshold of inhibition of illegal reference decreases. I think far fewer people would venture into black ice with pirated copies if they could legally buy their eBook for $2.99. But not for 8.99 or more. If publishers adjust their prices, the incentive for illegal downloading decreases (that`s how it worked with iTunes with music). On the other hand, self-publishers benefit from the fact that publishers sell e-books so expensive. Most self-publishers are (initially) only found and bought via the (cheap) price. If publishers come to occupy the “market of 2.99”, it will be really complicated for self-publishers. A few illegal downloads are the much smaller problem. This doesn`t necessarily mean that penalties need to be harsher (as it doesn`t seem to be a deterrent enough), but that society should be more contemptuous of thieves. The example of “iTunes” is given, because since there are all iPods, iPads, etc., more people buy songs through iTunes instead of downloading them illegally. This is due to the fact that apparently, in the circles of Apple users, these illegal downloads are frowned upon.
If you can do something like this for the book industry, you might be able to curb piracy a bit (but you can never break it). I`ve also heard that you can hire companies to make sure the book goes away there. However, I wonder if the costs justify the benefits. I don`t know how expensive such a venture is, but I doubt it`s worth it. Suppose that every month 1000 books are downloaded illegally by me and that each book I miss 1 euro, then I have a theoretical loss of 1000 euros per month, but this does not really affect my wallet (I prefer the French spelling). If I pay 500 euros a month for such a company that makes sure my books are no longer available online, I pay a real 500 euros a month on it. And I don`t think at least 50% of those who read illegally will buy my books when they`re no longer stolen. The market is too big for that, then they read other books that are available for download, and I continue to diligently pay my 500 euros a month. Or do I have a mistake in my thinking? 1) The benefit for legally purchased products must be greater By the way, if you find one of your books on an illegal platform, it is worth contacting the operator (if you can find it) and threatening the lawyer. However, this is a battle against windmills, as your book will likely be downloaded elsewhere a few days later. And no, it`s not an advertisement for your other books.
If you don`t spend 99 cents on your book A, you won`t spend 99 cents on your book B. They`re just not your customers. It should have shocked me even more when I read Poppy J. Anderson`s Facebook post in which she was horrified by groups illegally exchanging eBooks via Dropbox. Countless authors are speechless, many readers take their side. This begs the question: how do you handle something like this as an author? When I was about 14 years old, thousands of people were illegally downloading music from the Internet. Presumably, this is still the case today. Sites like Kinox are known for the fact that you can stream recently shown movies and all the series for free.
And of course, this hack has now also reached e-books. No copy protection helps, no “Please buy my book, I need the money” and unfortunately even a wave like the one being created doesn`t help. As we know from the film industry, threatening messages at the beginning of movies don`t help. The world is simply bad, creators don`t care about thieves. 2) The benefits of illegal downloads must be reduced I am referring here mainly to the fact that books are exchanged illegally. I can`t say anything about these interpersonal differences, because I probably don`t know the people affected personally. The present case concerned an online retailer in the Netherlands. It offers used e-books for sale or exchange as part of a “book club”. Users only have to make sure that they will delete their copy once they have read it. Two publishing associations had filed a lawsuit against her. They felt that their copyrights had been infringed.
BR24 reported on this topic on 19 December 2019 at 16:42. a) the effort for the author, because you have to advertise concisely in different areas But you can read in the book, load excerpts and even return it if you do not like it. In my opinion, so practically no risk! You can also sell for more than $1.99. But how did someone tell me the other day? “You have to move towards the market because the market doesn`t take you into consideration.” And the market wants cheap fiction, it seems. In the next practical tip, we will show you how to resell used eBooks. >>… E-books are simply being sold for too much. It`s “just” a file of a few KB that is not tangible and that you do not put on the shelf.<< Marc, I can not believe that you really said that. Are you "only" a reader or also an author? Just a few KB in size? Is that really your argument? Behind each eBook hides an intellectual good and often several months of research and writing, and publishing! It doesn`t matter if an eBook file is only a few KB. Creating the content cost the author many hours of work.
Not to mention the third game, which usually did the editing and proofreading of a book. With a printed book, content is only formatted due to fixed margins and page breaks. The content is identical to that of the eBook. Nowadays, a “print” that is usually done digitally only costs a little more in production. So why should the intellectual (and protected) good of the author be worthless simply because the price difference is not dramatic enough? An upper limit of 9.99 for e-books has become the norm to make sales acceptable. Unbelievable that this is classified by you as “too high”. It`s time to stop with the old and stupid marketing saying “avarice is cool”. This is intellectual property and not a few KB more or less. Not like the butcher, where people ask, “Is this something more?” Hans Offer your books exclusively in your own shop. Of course, not everyone has this possibility, because you need a commercial license and you probably won`t sell as much as through a reseller.
In addition, your files can still be shared freely, but you have all the buyer`s data and you have the option to contact a buyer directly and offer him, for example, goodies that hackers do not have.