I had this discussion with Jerry Pournelle and he had a similar take. I think William Gibson was famous for saying, "Nobody is going to pirate you book or steal

I had this discussion with Jerry Pournelle and he had a similar take. I think William Gibson was famous for saying, "Nobody is going to pirate you book or steal your work, hell if they read a chapter while sitting in the library you are ahead of most authors!" Sean Fagan (@kithrup@wandering.shop) on Mastodon, periodically buys and then gives away Kindle books. I grabbed "Eric Carter: Dead Things" when he did than and ended up buying the whole 9 book series by Stephen Blackmoore! I can also recommend the whole "go to the library and check out a book that has arrived" to see if you like the author or not. But that does take more work.