Thanks for doing this. I noticed she was throwing around a lot of 'facts' without any citations or actual numbers to back them up. Reminds me of the (very few) musicians who complain that piracy is killing them when in fact it's the publishing industry itself that has historically been guilty of robbing musicians blind. They use pirating sites to 'launch' songs and create buzz (this was essentially the argument that allowed Google to trounce Viacom when they sued Youtube - because most of the Viacom violations were being uploaded from Viacom ip addresses) then sue people for downloading. I think someone should take a longer look at this 'industry' itself, which seems to prey on women desperate to get published who then see little to no return on their hard work. Gee, I wonder who's making money here? The On-Demand publishers perhaps? It's all too disgusting for words and the authors complaining that piracy is killing their sales are just too gullible for words. The publisher is the one robbing them, not the pirates.
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I think someone should take a longer look at this 'industry' itself, which seems to prey on women desperate to get published who then see little to no return on their hard work. Gee, I wonder who's making money here? The On-Demand publishers perhaps? It's all too disgusting for words and the authors complaining that piracy is killing their sales are just too gullible for words. The publisher is the one robbing them, not the pirates.