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Consoledreader t1_jdutmoe wrote

Reply to comment by DruidicCupcakes in Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over Ebook Copyright Infringement. Here’s What to Know... by Halaku

Exactly. As a librarian I believe in more access to knowledge, information, and books, but at the same time I have some published authors as friends and when this story about the potential lawsuit first broke, they went to check if their works were available through IA, found out it was, and they were livid about e-copies of their books being available to borrow for free by unlimited amounts of people.

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Negative-Net-9455 t1_jdvhq4v wrote

You should tell them to get Neil Gaiman to explain it to them.

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ngpropman t1_jdw73wo wrote

Step one be incredibly successful and wealthy like Neil Gaiman.

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Negative-Net-9455 t1_jdw7h1n wrote

I'd say step one is to be a good writer, like Neil Gaiman.

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ngpropman t1_jdw7rbc wrote

Tons of good writers don't reach the level of success he has and he is my favorite author.

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Negative-Net-9455 t1_jdw9wmr wrote

Yup, and tons of not very good writers become successful and wealthy. The point being, whilst piracy might affect direct sales of a particular book, there's good evidence to suggest it leads to people going and buying more books by that author. This in turn leads me to believe that piracy might piss off the publishing industry when they heavily market a particular book(s) but there's probably a net financial gain for individual authors across all their work.

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