I mostly sell by word of mouth. You've certainly never heard of my books before. I am in no way "popular". Piracy creates an invested reader. Its not much diff

I mostly sell by word of mouth. You've certainly never heard of my books before. I am in no way "popular". Piracy creates an invested reader. Its not much different than games selling by offering free demos. There is a _causation_ there, because the reader likely never would have discovered me, otherwise.