Donate, Liters and Copyright
In the wake of several articles about Litres ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) I went to their site and searched for the books of my father, Svyatoslav Loginov .
Books, of course, were found in large quantities. I called my dad - the contract was, but ended a few years ago. If everything is correct, then it turns out that now Liters sells these books illegally, in the sense of illegally making money, violating copyrights.
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Funny irony, agree. In principle, one letter to Apple with the indication of this glaring fact was enough to send Litres to the bank ...
On the other hand, all my father's novels and stories have long and securely laid out on the same filibuste. And dad never fought them. If it is possible by one, then why is it impossible for others?
Now they write a lot about the use of piracy to promote the author and donate as the future of the literary industry.
A year and a half ago, I invited my father to check this statement in practice and invite readers to list any amounts read on the Internet. He refused for a long time - because it is embarrassing, because "well, how can that be so" and "there are publishers" Persuaded.
Set up payment via PayPal, Moneybooker (Skrill), Webmoney, Yandex Money, Qiwi. In general, almost anyone can use a terminal, a card or Internet money to make a transfer of any size. No more difficult than paying for the phone.
The experiment was damn successful by the standards of donate. The most successful among all science fiction writers who have tried it. For the first two weeks, 130,000 rubles were raised. The report can be read in LJ Loginov . There you can also find the details .
And then everything. Over the next year and a half, another 30,000 rubles came. 160,000 in a year and a half - and this is for the author with a pair of a dozen awards and a dozen novels. Most of this amount came from a dozen fans, for whom it was more important to help your favorite author than to somehow pay for his work. To not say here - but donate, it is half charity and patronage of the arts. It is always a little "ask." Even if they give from the heart.
And the second point, donate, is not just that. In order for him to somehow work, they need to be engaged. Not just writing good novels and stories, but doing the notorious marketing and sales. All what publishers should do in a good way.
While on the other hand, many believe that the author should be hungry, because it is only in this way that he makes good novels. Is not it?
Books, of course, were found in large quantities. I called my dad - the contract was, but ended a few years ago. If everything is correct, then it turns out that now Liters sells these books illegally, in the sense of illegally making money, violating copyrights.
')
Funny irony, agree. In principle, one letter to Apple with the indication of this glaring fact was enough to send Litres to the bank ...
On the other hand, all my father's novels and stories have long and securely laid out on the same filibuste. And dad never fought them. If it is possible by one, then why is it impossible for others?
Now they write a lot about the use of piracy to promote the author and donate as the future of the literary industry.
A year and a half ago, I invited my father to check this statement in practice and invite readers to list any amounts read on the Internet. He refused for a long time - because it is embarrassing, because "well, how can that be so" and "there are publishers" Persuaded.
Set up payment via PayPal, Moneybooker (Skrill), Webmoney, Yandex Money, Qiwi. In general, almost anyone can use a terminal, a card or Internet money to make a transfer of any size. No more difficult than paying for the phone.
The experiment was damn successful by the standards of donate. The most successful among all science fiction writers who have tried it. For the first two weeks, 130,000 rubles were raised. The report can be read in LJ Loginov . There you can also find the details .
And then everything. Over the next year and a half, another 30,000 rubles came. 160,000 in a year and a half - and this is for the author with a pair of a dozen awards and a dozen novels. Most of this amount came from a dozen fans, for whom it was more important to help your favorite author than to somehow pay for his work. To not say here - but donate, it is half charity and patronage of the arts. It is always a little "ask." Even if they give from the heart.
And the second point, donate, is not just that. In order for him to somehow work, they need to be engaged. Not just writing good novels and stories, but doing the notorious marketing and sales. All what publishers should do in a good way.
While on the other hand, many believe that the author should be hungry, because it is only in this way that he makes good novels. Is not it?
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/169081/
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