Spookiegal wrote:Wow, what an honor to have an author of your caliber on this website. I have a quesiton for you in return. When I find an author whose work I like and want to support, if I have obtained an item at no cost, how can we make it right financially? I wish there was a no questions asked type of place where we could pay authors.
I have thought about that a few times. I try and buy the ebook of books I read and enjoy, but if there isn't one available then it leaves me with a bit of a quandary. I think a lot of us would be wary about hitting an author's Paypal "donate" button as they'd have a means of tracing you back, but then again you don't need to tell them why you are throwing them a buck or two. There is Flattr, but the system seems overly complicated for what I want and Gittip is focused on an ongoing, monthly payment system but does have the micropayments going into an anonymous pot that is handed out on a regular basis. You just want to be able to click a button or link, chose the amount and it'd get added to a pot of money that the creator would get at the end of the month - a virtual tip jar.
If there was a system like that, and the author had signed up (or anyone else, it'd work for pirated music, films, TV, comics, 3D printer designs for sex dolls and plenty of other stuff I've not got around to thinking about because I got distracted) then I'd be happy to include a button/link in my releases on here and even add them into any ePubs I prepare, as I know releases tend to get picked up form here and put out elsewhere pretty quickly.
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Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.
Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.