tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post914127337464846469..comments2024-03-24T15:04:27.557-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: And in the same vein…Barbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-20140269892244084862015-09-29T20:25:37.163-04:002015-09-29T20:25:37.163-04:00Blogcutter, What Rick said. Pay a fair price, that...Blogcutter, What Rick said. Pay a fair price, that's all we ask. Don't have a lot of money? Use your local public library. I have no problem with people exchanging books with friends, or even taking them to the used book store. They often buy more books that way! And spread the pleasure. The mass offering of free books (or .99c) is what we have issue with. Vicki Delanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-18711326821160388792015-09-29T19:50:42.199-04:002015-09-29T19:50:42.199-04:00blogcutter, About all I can say is keep buying the...blogcutter, About all I can say is keep buying the books you enjoy and encourage others to do the same. Artists have the unenviable position of always being screwed by those higher up the food chain. The fact that this "do it for free because it's good for you" attitude is invading nearly every place in the working world.<br /><br />The only way to stop it is for everyone to refuse Rick Blechtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800052815589987998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-45466849320907103482015-09-29T19:36:50.346-04:002015-09-29T19:36:50.346-04:00My husband, the entertainment reporter, is seeing ...<br />My husband, the entertainment reporter, is seeing this more and more with the music business. Artists earning pennies on the dollar while music execs cry poor. Not so different from when musicians got screwed out all but a small fraction of what their recordings earned. I find it appalling whenever an artist, whether it be writer or musician, devalues their work by giving it away for free. Eileen Goudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156415980783091338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-52158259029200110012015-09-29T19:26:54.756-04:002015-09-29T19:26:54.756-04:00I'm just wondering as a reader and book-buyer,...I'm just wondering as a reader and book-buyer, is there anything I can do to help ensure you are more fairly remunerated for your work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-24255773507082846802015-09-29T15:37:15.970-04:002015-09-29T15:37:15.970-04:00Vicki, I've seen that play out, too. Sure, som...Vicki, I've seen that play out, too. Sure, sometimes people give a price break because it's for a good cause. I often donate back what I was paid, but it's my choice.<br /><br />You hit on the idea of hobbyist writers and I think that's apropos to this discussion. If anyone is going to take up a company like Smashwords on an offer such as they made, it's going to be them.<br /Rick Blechtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800052815589987998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-62517675787144947502015-09-29T13:31:24.159-04:002015-09-29T13:31:24.159-04:00Thanks, Rick. Jian G. once said that when he was ...Thanks, Rick. Jian G. once said that when he was a musician and played free for a benefit, he came to notice that no one else was proving their services for free. Not the caterers, the electricians, the sound people, the janitors. They all got paid. Vicki Delanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01106480550553972177noreply@blogger.com