tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post2333465925280699773..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: “An e-book should cost 50 cents,”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-55000760698826920692014-08-20T09:21:24.110-04:002014-08-20T09:21:24.110-04:00Sheila, reposting this was inspired by an exchange...Sheila, reposting this was inspired by an exchange on another blog. The blogger lamented piracy of eBooks. A comment by a reader brought up the fact that the music industry had finally foiled the pirates: they lowered the price of a song to such insignificance that it was no longer worth it to pirate a tune. He suggested that publishers do the same. To which I responded:<br />"Here's the rub for us writers: musicians can make money from their art by performing it live. To some extent, giving away recordings creates more fans, some of whom can be expected to buy tickets. All we writers have to sell is "recordings." No one is going to pay to hear us read our books aloud if they have read them at home. It is already next to impossible for a fiction writer to make a decent living. You are undoubtedly right that we can't fight the pirates, but we have to at least try to tilt at those windmills."<br /><br />It was then I decided to air this post again. People just don't get it. Not that the lack of pecuniary rewards would stop any of us. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-53094201462744589682014-08-20T09:14:35.509-04:002014-08-20T09:14:35.509-04:00Thank you, Thelma and Margaret for your good wishe...Thank you, Thelma and Margaret for your good wishes. Margaret, I met a reader at Malice domestic this year, who buys lucite jackets for her iPad on which she reads books. She asked writers to sign the jacket with a sharpie and told me that when the jackets were full, she hung them on her office wall and put on a new one so she could collect more autographs. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-54453608588988339212014-08-20T07:56:22.188-04:002014-08-20T07:56:22.188-04:00Have fun! Thanks for the replay of this blog. Peo...Have fun! Thanks for the replay of this blog. People are so accustomed to getting so much content for free -- and the attendant assumption derived from the glut of online content that there are tons of people willing to create it for free -- that few consider the writer. Sheila Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580800243505309470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-77727918743673239512014-08-20T07:07:05.265-04:002014-08-20T07:07:05.265-04:00What a great trip! I, too, wish you a wonderful an...What a great trip! I, too, wish you a wonderful and productive trip!! I am on the brink of getting an e-reader. But, I am a paper, book, pen freak and know that I'll miss the tactile experience. And about that autograph and e-books, they now have an app. Yep, an app that allows you to sign right on the e-reader, and the app. will even let the reader slip that autographed page into the e-book to be displayed. Bon Voyage!!!margaret mendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740288445705959918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-88252006793921456332014-08-20T06:39:40.363-04:002014-08-20T06:39:40.363-04:00Have a wonderful and productive trip! T. StrawHave a wonderful and productive trip! T. StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com