My first three short story collections, LONNIE, ME AND THE HOUND OF HELL, THE KING OF CHEROKEE CREEK, and MA’S MONTHLY HOT FLASHES, are still free at Smashwords till the end of this month with the coupon code SSWIN. Regular price $1.49. Discounted at Amazon to $0.99. And … pirated?
Yes, friends, you can totally STEAL the short story collection LONNIE, ME AND THE HOUND OF HELL at a pirate download site. Save yourself an entire … nothing?
I emailed the site asking them to remove my book from their treasure chest. It isn’t as though I’m losing boatloads of income (in the words of that noted mathemetician, Jayne Cobb, “let me do the math here. Nothing into nothin’. Carry the nothin’…”), but it’s the principle of the thing. I’m striking a blow for, you know, something.
ALSO, I was interviewed at Darlene’s Book Nook on the subject of my new collection, TURTLE FEATHERS. Go read the interview and enter the giveaway and you may win a free copy of that shiny recent collection! Hurry! You want to win a free copy before the pirates start giving it away, doncha? Sure you do!
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: A character steals something that’s free. Why?
MA
Johanna Harness
July 30, 2012 at 7:45amI love that you quote Jayne.
Go get em, Marian!
Marian Allen
July 30, 2012 at 8:37amIf they don’t take my book down, I’ll send Jayne over there with Vera to reason with ’em. 😉
Red Tash
July 30, 2012 at 8:25amAhoy, me hearties…arrrrrrr there any good reasons to download pirated books, when so many be free? If treasure be ye problem, pray visit yonder lending libraries, mateys!
(Not that they’ll read it, but…)
Marian Allen
July 30, 2012 at 8:39amMaybe they’ve yo-ho-ho’ed one too many bottles o’ rum. Or maybe the parrot made ’em do it. It’s kind of appropriate, actually, since stealing something free is the kind of bonehead thing Lonnie would do.
Morgan Mandel
July 30, 2012 at 9:06amPeople can be strange!
Morgan Mandel
Marian Allen
July 30, 2012 at 9:26amTruer words were never spoken!
Damyanti
July 31, 2012 at 4:03amArrrgh. You’re right– it is the principle of the thing. How did you find them out? Maybe I should check out whether my lone production now features on Pirate bay? 😉
Marian Allen
July 31, 2012 at 8:11amI have Google Alerts set up on my name and book titles, and it popped up. :/