>>"If even HALF of those people who downloaded my book that week had bought it, I would have hit the New York Times Bestseller list." > >Yeah, that's a BIG hint

>>"If even HALF of those people who downloaded my book that week had bought it, I would have hit the New York Times Bestseller list." > >Yeah, that's a BIG hint that piracy and sales aren't linked in any useful way. There was an article on HN a while ago about how 1% isn't the lowest possible number, as in "if just one percent of people who see our ad buy our product..." I'm sad that this is happening to authors, but it does sound a little like whining at this point.