Lot of websites and online stores are selling pirated copies of books or providing free PDF downloads. They call it a business but they don’t realize that they are actually stealing from the author.
Books piracy is not just illegal because you are copying someone else’s work but also because it is a form of stealing. A book isn’t written in days but rather it takes months or even years most of the time. The money you are making from these pirated books is the rightful money of the author who is the mastermind behind that brilliant book.
Getting a book published is not as easy as writing an article on MS Word and then clicking on the print option. It requires time, effort, energy, and sometimes the writer goes days without eating or sleeping properly because all they are thinking is how to make the best out of their book. When it finally gets published and there happens to be a high demand all these predators making money through books piracy, grabs a copy and gets on with making pirated copies and sells them cheaply. They cover their wrong deed by saying they are providing inexpensive books so more people can read but say whatever, any copy made without the permission of the author or the publishing company is a form of stealing.
Books piracy is not just illegal because you are copying someone else’s work but also because it is a form of stealing. A book isn’t written in days but rather it takes months or even years most of the time. The money you are making from these pirated books is the rightful money of the author who is the mastermind behind that brilliant book.
Getting a book published is not as easy as writing an article on MS Word and then clicking on the print option. It requires time, effort, energy, and sometimes the writer goes days without eating or sleeping properly because all they are thinking is how to make the best out of their book. When it finally gets published and there happens to be a high demand all these predators making money through books piracy, grabs a copy and gets on with making pirated copies and sells them cheaply. They cover their wrong deed by saying they are providing inexpensive books so more people can read but say whatever, any copy made without the permission of the author or the publishing company is a form of stealing.
I got the opportunity to work with few authors for my blog post ‘A Glimpse Into The Muslimah Authors’ Eid Around The World’ and also at other times when I was asked to do book reviews. Authors spend so much time writing, editing, proof reading and even doubting their book that at the end it makes them so stressed out. Finally when their book gets published and turns out to be popular, some people start earning wrongfully out of their work.
My request to these companies is to stop making money out of pirated books. It is totally wrong and this is not what the authors deserve for all their hard work. You can instead earn money by opening a library and purchasing original copies of books.
Also, readers should stop supporting these businesses. In my next blog post I will come up with tips for readers to read books without supporting these types of businesses.
Stay tuned.
My request to these companies is to stop making money out of pirated books. It is totally wrong and this is not what the authors deserve for all their hard work. You can instead earn money by opening a library and purchasing original copies of books.
Also, readers should stop supporting these businesses. In my next blog post I will come up with tips for readers to read books without supporting these types of businesses.
Stay tuned.
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