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⌈ Secret Post #3979 ⌋

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[amalthia]

I don't think piracy has as much of an impact on sales as obscurity, bad covers, bad summaries and just being lost in the deluge of novels published every month.

Only the stories that are popular tend to be pirated, which means people are already purchasing them. I think I read somewhere that over 100k novels are published yearly and each novel is competing for people's attention, interest, and money.

I think people like to blame pirates because they don't understand how their story isn't selling as much as they hoped it would.

I don't even read published novels anymore because I read fanfiction instead. Ebooks priced at $10.00 dollars is probably killing sales more than anything else.

[meredith44]

This.

I use my library to read popular/expensive books that I cannot afford. I use Kindle Unlimited so that I can read a lot of cheap books legally. If an author I have read a series by and liked has another series that is not Kindle Unlimited, I won't pay for it or read it. I can't afford to and there are so many options out there that I can read. Plus, I could easily get burned. Before getting into the current series I'm reading, I had five books that I couldn't get more than halfway into because, despite the reviews, they were awful. If I had to pay $3 (the usual price I see) or even just $1 per book, I wouldn't do it, because that would add up quickly and I would hate to spend money on a book I hated so much I couldn't finish.

And even limiting what I read to KU, there are still so many books to filter through. I am only barely scratching the surface with what I read, and often it limits to recs based on authors I already like. I can't even imagine trying to get a book noticed and purchased enough to make a living. And I would think most of the difficulty in doing so is getting noticed and getting people to try the book, not people pirating books. That seems like it would be way more of an issue for established/popular authors. Not that I condone it. I just think most of the people who say that pirates are why they aren't making a lot of money off their books are incorrect and other issues are much more likely. There is literally so much out there competing for limited funds.

[amalthia]

My husband has tried Goodreads to find novels and it's been hit and miss, even books that everyone says are good turn out to be unreadable for him. So he doesn't purchase anything before reading it. Luckily our library has a decent sci-fi/fantasy selection. If he liked the book or series, then he'll purchase a copy to support the author. We'd probably buy more however our rule is nothing over 7 dollars. So we have a lot of authors on wishlists and are waiting to see if there are any sales.

[meredith44]

The library I can walk to has a decent fantasy selection as well, thankfully. I would love to buy the books of authors I like, but I just can't afford it. There is one author whose books I always buy, but thankfully that usually corresponds to gift cards kids in my class give me for holidays or the end of the year. If ever I win the lottery or something I'll definitely do more. For now I just make sure I support them somehow whether it is the library or kindle unlimited. I think your method is a good one too. I will cross my fingers that books go on sale for you.