I was wondering though, is it possible to put some font differences in, especially when swithcing between Natalie's POV and A.'s? It was a little confusing.

Either way, keep up the good work, been reading your books since I first picked up Down and Out, you are really talented.

So I wonder which it's supposed to be. Cory?

"He was half a block from home when he spotted Natalie sitting on her porch, staring at the park. Kurt and Link were gone. The patio at the Greek’s was full. He was stood in his bare feet in the middle of Kensington Market on a busy shopping day, and he had absolutely nowhere to go. Nowhere he belonged."

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I downloaded the file and read intro. It answered most of my questions.

Still don't understand why you would take money for treeware but not freely offered $$ for e-version.
Aren't you a modern troubador, to rip-off Mr. Stross?

Feel free to respond, though.

Thanks,

Adam

Why is someone wishing to buy your book electronically a "tip"?

Presumably, while you may not work for tips, you do not work for free, as your comment about making money from the sale of hard-copies indicates.

I am in total agreement with you about copyright, and I read your essays and ideas on the topic avidly, but now a piece seems to be missing.

Are you saying that the only way for an author (artist) to make money with his/her writing (art) is to sell physical copies of it? That if I release my book solely on the web, I have no hope of making money?

How are creators of information to support themselves dong so in your paradigm, since you not only eschew but appear to disdain compensation for electronic versions of your work?
Isn't a world where hard copies are anachronisms relatively near?

Genuinely curious and not at all critical,

Adam Holland

Tho' how, with a three year old rampaging around a house only half renovated, a Dad old enough to be most kids Grandad, is going to find time to read it I dunno. But won't be any all night readings for me!

Now, roll on a digital reader that folds up like a small, neat, paper book. Somehow I don't think paper is going to be replaced that soon!

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I want to send you some money in exchange for downloading your book, how do I do that?

Basically, you don't. I don't work for tips. I have a source of income from my writing: royalties from the sale of my books. It's a good source of income, and keeping it that way has some real advantages, namely keeping my interests aligned with my publisher's. If you want to "tip" me, buy a copy of my book. If you don't want a treeware edition, don't buy it, or buy it and give it to a library or a shelter or a school. That gets me the royalty, boosts my sales-numbers, and makes everyone happy. But hey, it's no skin off my nose if you read this without buying it; that's just how it goes. I've given away more than half a million copies of my first book, and only a tiny fraction of those downloaders have bought the treeware books, but it was enough to push my book through five printings in eighteen months. So I'm not gonna come after you and call you nasty names if you download without buying.