tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post9024518117840469234..comments2024-03-23T15:28:15.198+00:00Comments on Icy's Blunt Pencil: Read an Ebook Week - The ResultsIcy Sedgwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-10961443664479537072013-03-11T14:17:17.542+00:002013-03-11T14:17:17.542+00:00You're right about the incentives. I have a po...You're right about the incentives. I have a potload of free eBooks on my Kindle that have gone unread. I mentioned on my blog, a while back, how they keep seeping through the filters I've put up to manage the influx.<br /><br />Writers certainly should be paid (if they wish) for their work. It's a tough way to make a living, especially now. Seems hard to believe that writers could once make a living selling short stories to pulp/slick magazines. The "mercenary" meme was probably started by publishers to depress wages. :-P<br /><br />People will definitely go for free, but some will pay as well. It took a month for Amazon to price-match <i>The Crossover</i>, where it was 99c vs. free on Smashwords. Still saw over 50 sales (and around 400 free downloads since). That was probably a halo effect from <i>Accidental Sorcerers</i>, which is doing pretty well sales-wise. But, it's only picked up 2 reviews, and one of them was a friend's.<br /><br />And, to my own chagrin, that lone review of yours appeared around 5 months after the fact.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-1593341220576745032013-03-11T13:53:42.257+00:002013-03-11T13:53:42.257+00:00Some of the finest artwork and music of all time w...Some of the finest artwork and music of all time was written by "mercenaries". Without wealthy patrons how many Renaissance masters would have had to go get a day job? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504298750127152026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-19855704454272103342013-03-11T13:49:24.895+00:002013-03-11T13:49:24.895+00:00Morgan - Enjoy!
Cathy - Yet if you express that o...Morgan - Enjoy!<br /><br />Cathy - Yet if you express that opinion, a lot of people think you're being mercenary. Apparently art must be free. >.<Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-77400483938709445112013-03-10T23:15:53.824+00:002013-03-10T23:15:53.824+00:00It's so much work, blood, sweat, effort, tears...It's so much work, blood, sweat, effort, tears, agony really... free hardly seems adequate! Then again, neither does the usual price...Cathy Olliffe-Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12729578896443750402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-51799335292073832102013-03-10T20:18:44.261+00:002013-03-10T20:18:44.261+00:00Having downloaded the ebooks, I hope that I enjoy ...Having downloaded the ebooks, I hope that I enjoy them. I will let you know after I read them. Morgan Drake Ecksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258538066497554895noreply@blogger.com