How exactly does an e-book get stolen?
Sharing computer files between friends, family members and colleagues is not a new concept. People have been doing it for decades. But now that they can do it remotely, the number of files shared (e-books and software) has greatly increased. This is not the authors’ main concern, though. It’s the people who get their hands on your e-book and make money reselling it to others in some shape or form. An e-book may be copied, re-written, extracted from, packaged with other e-books, and illegally sold on thieves’ web sites. The worst case, though, is when a thief decides to really make a big chunk of money on your e-book and offers Resale Rights to his customers. This simply means that anybody who buys your e-book from him will also be “allowed” to resell it to others. Now the Internet is literally flooded with your e-book, and you begin to notice a huge drop in sales AND your income. Every author’s worst nightmare. II. Why would anyone risk getting caught? While e-books are extremely easy
