@emmasbooktwt He pirated a public domain book? lol please use project Gutenberg if you want more classic literature
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Barin Vam
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My dad was gifted a used kindle when I was like 12 and he 🏴☠️ed a bunch of books for me to read because we could not afford the amount of books I was reading and the first book on there that I read was wuthering heights and it made me fall in love with classical literature
moon 🖇️🇫🇷🇲🇦@moondiariess
all this discourse on piracy when i lived over a decade of my life loving to read but not being able to afford books but ever since i learnt i can 🏴☠️ books i was finally able to tap into my love for reading so it's genuinely sad seeing authors say we don't hv a "right to read"
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this is crazy cause i really did want to read their books at one point but damn… i guess not anymore!
ೀ ljs 🧵@himech0co
okay another author whose books i won't read thank you
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@bakudahoe She really said “I hate poor people and I hope they never read ever ever and we should gouge out their eyes” and then she threw a nuke at every third world country :/ like woah ms Smithers slow down
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This sounds so classist lmao she said if u don't have money go to the back of the queue and wait for the leftovers
sri𑁍@ZAFlRANASIR
it's always a white author nobody cares about with takes like these
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this is so funny to me
calling me entitled while policing on who and how i should spend MY MONEY
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All these author’s thoughts abt piracy lol. Anw here’s a Susan Sontag interview I randomly came across last week.
ೀ ljs 🧵@himech0co
okay another author whose books i won't read thank you
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@SUICID3PACT @liteararytea An author must earn out their advance before being paid anything additional so most are unlikely to earn beyond the advance. Multiple books a year is only possible when producing ai generated slop or at the very least unedited slop.
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@bbvvamvam @liteararytea No one ever claimed this was once a year, if they publish multiple books they get multiple advances, crazy I know. and as someone in poverty, i *have* lived off of 10k a year. It fucking sucks, it is possible
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“At the cost of ruining lives” bffr when advancement for authors is A LOT of money
ೀ ljs 🧵@himech0co
okay another author whose books i won't read thank you
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@PomboPalomaRat @balkanwhispers There is definitive evidence that piracy hurts small authors. Copyright laws afford the same rights to small creators as big businesses. Asking small authors to reject practices that protect their work from being stolen by big corporations shows your total ignorance.
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@bbvvamvam @balkanwhispers they are expected to undertand that copyright is not their friend, it is in fact a major enemy of art and creativity and it mostly benefits disney and the likes
they are expected to not be so ignorant as to believe that piracy numbers actually affect sell numbers significantly
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the piracy discourse is meaningless because there are systemic failures that lead to authors being underpaid for their labour but instead of doing something about it they get mad at random people online
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@SUICID3PACT @liteararytea Are you 8 years old? Do you think someone can live off 10k a year
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@bbvvamvam you have no followers, all your 42 replies on your account are on this topic, you are probably an alt account of an author. good luck though ✌🏼
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Lovecraft and many others had regular jobs and could not rely on writing to afford their livelihood and only became legends after their death btw. Not saying these people should follow the same path but you can't all be JK Rowling
sri𑁍@ZAFlRANASIR
did she really just say we don't have a right to read😭😭😭😭
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@violetsgrimoire This conversation is obviously aimed at western readers who pirate for convenience. Using afghan women to justify your thievery is so weird.
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this has gotta be the most disgusting take i’ve seen. women in Afghanistan can’t read, have an education, or even move freely in public places. you really think they can go to a library or go on amazon…? IT IS AGAINST THE LAW. the entitlement is coming from YOU.
sri𑁍@ZAFlRANASIR
it's always a white author nobody cares about with takes like these
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@ImRamudaClone @bokutosayswhaat Traditionally published authors don’t have that kind of control over their books. Indie authors who self publish pay thousands to have their book edited and get it ready to be published. Many ebooks are 99¢. If you must pirate, support those who support piracy.
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@bbvvamvam @bokutosayswhaat Yes, I said many, I never said all. The thing is, I understand not outright supporting piracy but at the very least I think you should understand why it happens and why people do it. Other solutions, as I said, is offering to ship everywhere/dynamic prices
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I don’t care about book piracy discourse coming from American authors because they will never understand what it’s like living in a third world country with no public libraries, books that costs 3x your salary, or bookstores that don’t even have recent books in their inventory
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@jegaevi @DaveZajicek5 Hungary has an extensive public library system. Try that.
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@DaveZajicek5 The shipping costs twice as much as the book itself. 6000 HUF is a day's worth of salary here.
"So buy it in Hungarian."
Most books I read are not translated to Hungarian. This one is. It costs more than double. And then the shipping adds another 1-2.5 thousand.
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Why is it that most anti-piracy arguments come from privileged Americans who apparently don't understand that every single person doesn't have the exact same opportunities as them?
JJ@bryndensraven
"I cant afford books" pretending that second hand, indie shops and libraries dont exist. and on top if it being LOUD and proud thief of other peoples art. AND getting evil towards the author who is upset their shit is stolen. steal food...not books.
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@ellesittorrou Big name authors who make money don’t care.. but the poor ones do? Interesting.. what do you think this means?
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Is it me or is it usually the authors nobody has ever heard about w these complaints ... ?
ೀ ljs 🧵@himech0co
okay another author whose books i won't read thank you
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@arwinhebrim You have no right to her work, clown. And 1984? You pirate goony romance novels 🫵😂
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me when i'm a mediocre white author who never seen what entitlement looks like bc i don't look in the mirror😔
sri𑁍@ZAFlRANASIR
it's always a white author nobody cares about with takes like these
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@Memoirsepiphany A 30 year old justifying pirating books by bringing up poor rural teenagers.. how disingenuous. There is so much data showing piracy is first and foremost about convenience. Also your tone is so condescending. Calling a woman author “honey” yuck!
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The way me and her are going back and forth is actually insane 😭
SiL. 🥀📚✍️@lembarnada
i just read victoria aveyard’s comment section and def agree with this … the problem here is the system….
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@evieereader 0.1% of all authors are millionaires.. Most authors make like 10k a year. You’re not entitled to their work.
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I won’t argue with you if you refuse to check their privilege if YOU can pay that much for one book and don’t have to think about what else you could be doing with that money great but I won’t be going back and forth over millionaires they’re not missing my money I promise you
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do they realised that reading their books from a library doesn’t give them any money to contribute to their “livelihood” either right…?
ೀ ljs 🧵@himech0co
okay another author whose books i won't read thank you
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