>I am a self published author. So anyone can alienate me from the fruits of my labour? Do you put shareware/donationware messages in your book? Hey I need to ea

>I am a self published author. So anyone can alienate me from the fruits of my labour? Do you put shareware/donationware messages in your book? Hey I need to eat if you do download this send me what you believe this book is worth to this website? >And yes, I have come across free copies of my work. I really do feel sorry for you. There would be nothing worse than something that you have poured your heart and soul into and just gets stolen. I'm not a fan of thieves, nothing worse than spending hours doing a job you hate, buying something and to get it stolen AND you must get even more annoyed if the people are making money if your work. As some one who struggles writing lab reports and doing case studies in Engineering I find it difficult to write compared to doing the calculations. All the time doing the research I can not imagine how it must feet for you.