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> she realized she could buy a book and immediately return it Doesn't this cause authors to actually lose money, so it's worse than straight up piracy for them
by microtherion 4y ago
> she realized she could buy a book and immediately return it
Doesn't this cause authors to actually lose money, so it's worse than straight up piracy for them?
- kennend3 4y agoIndeed it does cost them, and so you are right - they should simply pirate instead. The CBC did a writeup on this: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/tiktok-trend-authors-e-books-1.6499723#:~:text=If%20an%20author%20chooses%20to,75%20per%20cent%20in%20royalties.&text=With%20every%20book%20return%2C%20even,a%20download%20fee%20for%20Amazon https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/tiktok-trend-authors....