Fairly recently I wrote a novel, Variant. I haven't gotten much feedback because I haven't done a lot of promotion (2020 sucks), but I still would like to hear some kind of feedback, so I broke down and did a vanity search for my own book. Most of the results were from places where I mentioned it or from Amazon, but I also found a download for my book on a pirate site.
Oh well. At least someone thought enough of my book to steal it.
Should I be enraged or flattered?
13 posts
• Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2
Should I be enraged or flattered?
by embyquinn » Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:30 pm
"Dolls love to be played with. They are lonesome if you leave them always in a box. How would you like to be left day after day alone, with no one to love you?"
-
embyquinn - the walls have dolliehs
- Posts: 789
- Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:48 pm
Re: Should I be enraged or flattered?
by davidd » Sun Dec 13, 2020 7:00 pm
Do you have a link for a legit source? Is your novel on Amazon for Kindle?
-
davidd - the walls have dolliehs
- Posts: 953
- Joined: Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:30 pm
- Location: Utah... yeah, I know....
Re: Should I be enraged or flattered?
by embyquinn » Sun Dec 13, 2020 10:55 pm
davidd wrote:Do you have a link for a legit source? Is your novel on Amazon for Kindle?
Yes and yes.
https://www.amazon.com/Variant-Novel-Emby-Quinn-ebook/dp/B0841N8KHX
"Dolls love to be played with. They are lonesome if you leave them always in a box. How would you like to be left day after day alone, with no one to love you?"
-
embyquinn - the walls have dolliehs
- Posts: 789
- Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:48 pm
Re: Should I be enraged or flattered?
by davidd » Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:27 am
Thanks!
Cool cover design!
Cool cover design!
Last edited by davidd on Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
-
davidd - the walls have dolliehs
- Posts: 953
- Joined: Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:30 pm
- Location: Utah... yeah, I know....
Re: Should I be enraged or flattered?
by K2! » Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:30 am
Enraged of flattered?
I don't know. I guess it depends on how you view your work. Is it something you intended on earning income from or something you're doing "for fun"?
Most of my real world "art" is done as part of theatrical/television presentations produced by other companies so the whole intellectual property thing is up to them.
As for my personal stuff like MADh Vinyl and Kizuna & Chitose, I figure as soon as it hits the web someone else has probably copied and claimed it as their own.
I'll have to reassess my stance when I see the trailer for the Kizuna & Chitose movie on YouTube.
I don't know. I guess it depends on how you view your work. Is it something you intended on earning income from or something you're doing "for fun"?
Most of my real world "art" is done as part of theatrical/television presentations produced by other companies so the whole intellectual property thing is up to them.
As for my personal stuff like MADh Vinyl and Kizuna & Chitose, I figure as soon as it hits the web someone else has probably copied and claimed it as their own.
I'll have to reassess my stance when I see the trailer for the Kizuna & Chitose movie on YouTube.
-
K2! - Stoopid Noob
- Posts: 2673
- Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:31 pm
- Location: The Angry Dome
Re: Should I be enraged or flattered?
by embyquinn » Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:41 pm
K2! wrote:Enraged of flattered?
I don't know. I guess it depends on how you view your work. Is it something you intended on earning income from or something you're doing "for fun"?
Most of my real world "art" is done as part of theatrical/television presentations produced by other companies so the whole intellectual property thing is up to them.
As for my personal stuff like MADh Vinyl and Kizuna & Chitose, I figure as soon as it hits the web someone else has probably copied and claimed it as their own.
I'll have to reassess my stance when I see the trailer for the Kizuna & Chitose movie on YouTube.
So I'mma take it you're more or less okay with Riri cosplaying as a Nekomi schoolgirl so long as I let everyone know where the concept comes from?
"Dolls love to be played with. They are lonesome if you leave them always in a box. How would you like to be left day after day alone, with no one to love you?"
-
embyquinn - the walls have dolliehs
- Posts: 789
- Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:48 pm
Re: Should I be enraged or flattered?
by zirconmermaid » Tue Dec 15, 2020 7:17 am
Yay for the link! I like the cover too, and the description too. I picked it up.
It's all about Hazel!
"Space.... the Vinyl Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Obitsurprise. Her 1/3rd scale mission: To seek out new plotlines, to explore the Whole Apartment - To Ball-Jointedly go where no doll has gone before!" -- Swan
Avatar by Meredith Dillman, http://www.meredithdillman.com
"Space.... the Vinyl Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Obitsurprise. Her 1/3rd scale mission: To seek out new plotlines, to explore the Whole Apartment - To Ball-Jointedly go where no doll has gone before!" -- Swan
Avatar by Meredith Dillman, http://www.meredithdillman.com
-
zirconmermaid - It's all about Hazel
- Posts: 3316
- Joined: Sat Mar 20, 2010 6:28 pm
- Location: Hazel's House, in Minnesota
Re: Should I be enraged or flattered?
by davidd » Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:24 pm
zirconmermaid wrote:I picked it up.
So did I!
See? By mentioning your book on the forum, you've picked up enough sales to bump your ranking from two-million something to the mid two-hundred thousands! A ten-fold improvement!
Don't spend all those royalties in one place!
-
davidd - the walls have dolliehs
- Posts: 953
- Joined: Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:30 pm
- Location: Utah... yeah, I know....
Re: Should I be enraged or flattered?
by Jobee » Sat Dec 19, 2020 7:54 pm
I'm sorry people pirated your book. That sucks. It's really amazing that you published a book tho!
-
Jobee - GIVE ME DOLLIEHS
- Posts: 1448
- Joined: Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:17 pm
- Location: New Hampshire, USA
13 posts
• Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 90 guests