tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post1761046287056477604..comments2024-01-05T05:46:30.140-08:00Comments on Angie's Desk: So Much For That ExperimentAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-38539823532346481252009-12-25T12:00:10.430-08:002009-12-25T12:00:10.430-08:00Alexandra -- thanks for that. If all the people w...Alexandra -- thanks for that. If all the people who use the torrents were like you, there wouldn't be any conflict over it.<br /><br />Hope you're having a great holiday. :)<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-89366884255313320482009-12-24T23:26:38.402-08:002009-12-24T23:26:38.402-08:00I just wanted to say, as one of the people who act...I just wanted to say, as one of the people who actually does try before she buys and then actually buys the book/film/etc., I appreciate that you are willing to take people's word for it. I find a lot of new authors by sampling books online; I've collected entire backlists of authors recently that I would never have known about if not for torrents and file sharing (Karen Mae Moning and Diana Gabaldon come to mind, among many others).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15284625474487553339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-75655505433930780492009-11-06T06:08:42.423-08:002009-11-06T06:08:42.423-08:00WW -- right, as I said above, I wasn't really ...WW -- right, as I said above, I wasn't really surprised either, but I <i>was</i> disappointed. :/<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-16770237311325640882009-11-06T05:34:11.226-08:002009-11-06T05:34:11.226-08:00Jeez, that stinks. But I'm not surprized that...Jeez, that stinks. But I'm not surprized that was the result.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-60456492111852313812009-11-02T11:22:49.680-08:002009-11-02T11:22:49.680-08:00LW -- it seems so. :/ I think part of the proble...LW -- it seems so. :/ I think part of the problem is that the jerks who know exactly what they want, already know which writers are their favorites, and damn well <i>could</i> afford to buy those writers' books and make no secret of it, but choose to steal copies anyway just because they can and don't feel like paying, are the ones who get us all fired up. I'm not going to get all excited about someone giving a copy of something they really like to a friend, but the wholesale theft on the torrents, especially with the people with the above attitudes chattering all over the place about it, really pisses me off, and other writers as well. It might well be that these people are a minority, but so long as they're the visible face of the torrent pirates, most writers are going to hate them and many will extend that hatred to everyone who "shares" e-books without paying for them.<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-83452459509829953112009-11-02T11:04:09.879-08:002009-11-02T11:04:09.879-08:00seems NOthing but freebies are what some folk go a...seems NOthing but freebies are what some folk go after, despite, as you say, having money coming out the yinyang :(laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-26006050159335755112009-11-01T20:15:26.062-08:002009-11-01T20:15:26.062-08:00Charles -- I wasn't really expecting this to t...Charles -- I wasn't really expecting this to turn out well either, but I'll admit I was hoping. I'd love for it to be true that having your books uploaded to the torrents actually increases sales; that'd make things a lot easier. So it's not surprising how things turned out, but it is a shame. :/<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-89603862199091635682009-10-31T09:39:45.436-07:002009-10-31T09:39:45.436-07:00Sorry to hear that. Not really a surprise though....Sorry to hear that. Not really a surprise though. Everything seems to be moving toward supporting the consumer with content than supporting the content maker.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com