The Kindle version of the book has been up for just four weeks now and already it is appearing on a website as a free download. No, I am not going to tell you where!
I didn't go into publishing it with the idea of making money, but it would be all the same if I needed to recoup my costs.Having spent a career fighting other people's attempts at copyright infringement (well, OK, not too aggressively at times, but always with an eye to not doing it where possible) I find this galling.
How dare people take ownership of what I spent four years producing?
I have demanded that they take it down, which they say will take 72 hours if they decide to do it. Amazon say it is my responsibility to get it removed as I have an agreement with them which says I must not sell the e-book elsewhere. They are not bothered that their links are being hijacked by a resource which then gives their books away- strange, as it is essentially stealing from them as well.
I am not sure I have the energy for this crusade, but it is pretty unfair on those who are trying to write for a living, so I suppose I'd better join.
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