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I used to make my eBooks available for free download on my web site (and still do for my older books) but in the last few years I have sold my books (on leanpub
by mark_l_watson 7y ago
I used to make my eBooks available for free download on my web site (and still do for my older books) but in the last few years I have sold my books (on leanpub) with a Creative Commons Share and Share Alike, No commercial Derivatives License. I also try to "seed" my books by giving copies away. In the prefaces, I make it clear that the eBooks can be shared.
I think this is a good compromise since I earn a little 'walking around money' and my stuff gets fairly widely read.
The super-power advantage of writing books is getting to meet interesting people and expand networking.
- kragen 7y agoIf you remove the no-derivatives clause it becomes legal for people to translate them into other languages.
- mark_l_watson 7y agoThanks, I will look into that. Good idea! Fun story: some guy in China emailed me about five years ago that he was translating my old Java AI book and placing his name as the author. He said sorry but there was nothing I could do about it. It was strange, but I appreciated him being up front about it. My wife and I had recently returned from a fun trip to China (very friendly people, lots of interesting things to see) and to be honest I didn’t much care.
- kragen 7y agoAwesome :D