1. Place a donate button on your website or blog, perhaps with a message like, "If you've downloaded one of my books just to check it out, and if you liked it, please consider paying me so I can write more. Thank you!"
2. Try to establish or maintain a personal emotional connection to people who illegally download books, so that they would be more likely to either pay you or not download the books? I'm not sure exactly how this could be done - perhaps by not trying to shame them or condemn piracy, for a start. Or maybe posting occasionally on discussion boards meant for file sharing? Or maybe an article on your website or blog about this?
I'm just curious because this morning I read a blog post where, in the comments section, someone posted to say that he/she illegally downloaded books all the time to read samples. Like sample = buy book. Then this commenter suggested the two methods I've referenced above as ways to reduce piracy.
I'm not keen on donation buttons. I've considered them for my blog, but they always make me feel like I'm standing there with hat in hand. As for the second option, the thought of doing more social media makes me tired. Naturally, one of the comments was that this is a part of the marketing we all have to do as authors... sigh.
What do you guys think?
2. Try to establish or maintain a personal emotional connection to people who illegally download books, so that they would be more likely to either pay you or not download the books? I'm not sure exactly how this could be done - perhaps by not trying to shame them or condemn piracy, for a start. Or maybe posting occasionally on discussion boards meant for file sharing? Or maybe an article on your website or blog about this?
I'm just curious because this morning I read a blog post where, in the comments section, someone posted to say that he/she illegally downloaded books all the time to read samples. Like sample = buy book. Then this commenter suggested the two methods I've referenced above as ways to reduce piracy.
I'm not keen on donation buttons. I've considered them for my blog, but they always make me feel like I'm standing there with hat in hand. As for the second option, the thought of doing more social media makes me tired. Naturally, one of the comments was that this is a part of the marketing we all have to do as authors... sigh.
What do you guys think?