Community building: Ur doin it rong.

[dubious_virtue]

Own a Kindle? Or a Nook? Or some other nifty device that allows you to hook up with a few other nifty devices share ebooks? Good on you. I'm all for sharing. I truly do believe it builds a community around reading and books.

When I call e-pirates thieves? I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about sites like Asatalk and Demonoid that upload

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[ex_fashioni]

But then I stumble across readers making comments like, "Why should I care if authors make any money on their writing? It's not my problem. I don't care if their books are being pirated. I don't care if Amazon rips them off. I don't want to hear about it."

And I begin to wonder about this whole "community building" thing. Especially when I've seen some of these same readers (in the comments of the same blog, too) say, "Where are all the new and interesting books? Why isn't there anything good to read? I'm so bored. Everything sucks."

Reader entitlement bites. Not like this is new. I've said it many a time before in various ways.But see, here's the thing a lot of people don't get: the more readers turn on writers and treat them as a disposable commodity there only to do their bidding, the more withdrawn writers are going to become. (As have many entertainers and athletes

[dubious_virtue]

Yes. What you said.

Dogs go 'splodey. Tree pretty.

[ex_fashioni]

Yes, dear.