Were Can I Read Books Online?
Most authors don’t put their books online because it cuts sales. Authors write books to make a living. If an author posts it on his or her website it is legal. Anywhere else, it is stolen property. However some people scan books illegally and put them online for other pirates to read. Meg Cabot has this to say about epirates: “But what about the many hard-working people who edited, copy-edited, copy-set, printed, designed, publicized, and did whatever else was necessary to get that book into print? The publishing industry is in big trouble right now, just like all those other industries we hear about on TV every night during the evening news…only no one is bailing the publishing industry out. So publishers are having to lay people off, shut down whole divisions, and cancel book contracts. Projects some of us have been working on are being “post-poned indefinitely.” One of my best friends just got laid off from her job last week. And of course, bookstores all over the country are having
