And so has Xenaverse author S X Meagher. S X is generous enough to leave her first-draft books online - and post her new ones online too - which has to hurt her sales. And yet some lowlife piece of scum is still ripping her off.
And now Andi Marquette is suffering. And if you think it doesn't hurt anybody. This is Andi's blog on the subject.
You think that it doesn't really do any harm. Well - These are living people. They're private individuals working their guts out and not even making a living at it. They're not some long-gone-to-dust old-time Shakespeare or Tolstoy. Not some million-dollar major corporation. They're me and you and the woman who drives the bus, works the checkout, bandages your sprained wrist, operates on your sick pet. They're the cashier at your bank, the teacher in your school, the grad student writing a thesis by day and a novel by night. They work all day and write like crazy in their spare time. They make very little - and still scum steal that by uploading books to torrent sites and sharing them to several hundred of their closest acquaintances - and probably congratulating themselves on being so clever with it.
It isn't harmless. It's theft. Theft of Intellectual Property to be precise. And it hurts people. You've got the book?? Pay for it. Or pretty soon there won't be any books to read.
End rant.
Enjoy your (legitimately) free reads folks. There's a lot to read tonight.
Ze
- Birds of Prey
- I’ll Take Manicotti over Rationality, and Maybe a Kiss or Two
by ladydreamer (DCU Femslash).
BtVS - Surprises and Secrets by Alex_Vixen (Willow/Tara Fiction Archive).
- Open My Eyes by Alex_Vixen (Willow/Tara Fiction Archive).
- Chapter 4 of Impossible Girl by Salix (BuffynFaith.Net).
- Chapter 3 of The Second by EdenLeeRaven (BuffynFaith.Net).
- Chapter 3 of Spice In Life by (BuffynFaith.Net).
Criminal Minds - Wicked: The non Oz version by liberty_stewart (Women in Kevlar).
- Chapter 19 of Some Secrets are Worth Sharing by nepeace (Women in Kevlar).
- Chapter 19 of Ten by lostnfoundcause (Women in Kevlar).
- Chapter 3 of If You Go Out in The Woods Today by ymmat09 (C M Femslash).
- Part 9 of Unexpected Discoveries by wild_angel82 (C M Femslash).
CSI - Part 1 of D.I.V.O.R.C.E. by eloise_stories (cath_and_sara).
- Part 2 of D.I.V.O.R.C.E. by eloise_stories (cath_and_sara).
DC Comics - The City is a Drag by tellitslant (Bats Femslash).
Doctor Who - Serpentine by Glinda (D W femslash).
- Objects In Space by doyle_sb4 (D W femslash).
- In the Blood by ionlylurkhere (D W femslash).
- Escapology by birdsarecalling (D W femslash).
- Our Backwards Walk by netgirl_y2k (D W femslash).
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by livii (D W femslash).
- Saving the World Before Bedtime by not_only_a_girl (D W femslash).
- Fireflies by bella_farfalla (D W femslash).
- Somewhere Under the Rainbow by Kowarth (D W femslash).
- Catching Hold and Letting Go by cosmic_llin (D W femslash).
- The Storyteller by atraphoenix (D W femslash).
- Lighter Than the Heart by aces (D W femslash).
- Still Better With Two by aces (D W femslash).
- Survival by carawj (D W femslash).
- Book of the Dead by tellitslant (D W femslash).
- On Her Terms by joanne_c (D W femslash).
- Part 1 of Haven't Met You Yet by lovepb (D W femslash).
- Windmill by hafital (D W femslash).
(Kim Harrison's) The Hollows - Part 8 of Undisclosed by xMerteuiLx (ivy-rachel).
- Part 7 of Life's a Witch and Then You Die by AdventureLucky7 (ivy-rachel).
Legend of the Seeker - Why Won't You Break (For Me) by sos10 (LotS Femslash).
- Prologue to Unbroken by k_ay88 (LotS Femslash).
- Part 3 of Blood and White Lilies by chaotic_fuse81 (LotS Femslash).
Merlin - The Hurt Amongst the Joy by commen_sense (Ladies of Camelot).
NCIS - Memories by Ashley-Pitt (NCIS Femslash).
- Dream Girl by lynxycrowy (NCIS Femslash).
- Part 11 of Indelible by quick_as_zoe (NCIS Femslash).
- Her Savior by Ashleigh Anpilova (NCIS Femslash).
Original - Chapter 18.6 of Flowers of Edo by Nene Adams (Her website).
Rizzoli & Isles - Noises Above by art_and_lies84 (jane_maura ff).
- Antebellum Desire by heartsways (jane_maura ff).
- Telephone by The Raven (jane_maura ff).
- Part 4 of Kiss With A Fist - No More Dreaming Like A Girl by wildwildwood (jane_maura ff).
- According to Plan by Lear's Daughter (jane_maura ff).
- Game Night 2: Simon Says by killcommonsense (jane_maura ff).
- Part 1 of You're My First, My Last, My Everything by Sapphire Smoke (jane_maura ff).
- Tease by author18 (jane_maura ff).
- Sex Crimes by faithinthepoor (jane_maura ff).
- Joe Friday by The Raven (jane_maura ff).
- Minor Haematoma by anxious geek (jane_maura ff).
- Parts 1 to 5 of Running Up That Hill by WonderTwinsUnite (jane_maura ff).
- Part 13 of Getting There by killcommonsense (jane_maura ff).
- Part 1 of What A Crazy Life by lizipher95 (jane_maura ff).
- Part 2 of What A Crazy Life by lizipher95 (jane_maura ff).
- Part 3 of An Educational Trip by kryssabelle (jane_maura ff).
- Part 1 of Meet me in the Dark by Sina (jane_maura ff).
- Family by Sina (jane_maura ff).
- Male Bonding or Lack Thereof by Lear's Daughter (Rizzoli & Isles LJ).
- Haunted by klutzy_girl (Rizzoli & Isles LJ).
- No Man's Land by sunsetwriter (Rizzoli & Isles LJ).
- Part 1 of Cold by kesdax (Rizzoli & Isles LJ).
- Protection by The Raven (Rizzoli & Isles LJ).
Star Trek XI: Rebbot - Ebony and Ivy by leandralocke (Trek Femmeslash).
- Love in Technicolor by neigedens (Where No Woman).
Voyager - Sunrise by beachbum3668 (Trek Femmeslash).
- Sunrise by BeachBum (BeachBum's FanFiction).
- To Her Coy Mistress by Sash (Trek Femmeslash).
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