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0 pointssurfingdino1y ago0 comments

I stopped self-publishing my books, because as soon as I offered PDFs to those who purchased my paper books the sales of printed copies tanked. Then nobody wanted to pay for PDFs and Amazon screwed my KDP sales (banned my book). The readers felt entitled to free copies and free consultation on the subject of the book. It's really depressing how entitled people feel to other people's creative output or knowledge.

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inglor_cz1y ago

That is why I publish freely the audio versions (which only consist of about half of the stories within each book), but not the PDFs.

__mharrison__1y ago

Did you just stop publishing altogether?

surfingdinoOP1y ago

Yes. I do not need another book as a CV, which is currently the most viable business model for authors of non-fiction.

meiraleal1y ago

We are probably better off without your marketing content tho

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