cinisajoy said:
I do believe I said I read across three devices not read it three times. I put it on my kindle touch, my kindle fire and my kindle for pc. I read part of it inside on the fire, then had to take the dog out so synced it on my touch, when I went back in, I resynced on my fire. And because the pictures were all older, they were hard to see on the fire and the touch so looked at all of them on the k4pc.
Now as far as re-reading books goes I have read the original Cheaper by the Dozen and also Belles on their Toes at least 6 times over the years. I read Autopsy by Michael Baden at least 4 times.
So yes some people do read books more than twice.
Cheaper By the Dozen! Belles on Their Toes! Even better than Cheaper by the Dozen? I think so.
Have you read Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy?
I'll bet I have read each of those books . . . gosh. Lots of times. So many times.
And on my Amazon account, I have my Kindle, my husband's Kindle, and my mother's Kindle. Yep, three devices. I called Amazon to make sure it was OK to share the books across them, and I was assured that yes, it was fine. Plus I read on my iPhone and my computer. Five devices! If I had bought paperbacks, my husband and I would have shared them, and I'd probably have loaned them to a friend, too, if they were good enough. More eyeballs on a book = Good Things. That's why I offer free books.
Also, I don't worry much about piracy. Or returns. My returns have held steady for a while now, something like 1.2%. (Closer to 2% at the beginning.) I expect it. I don't worry about why. Some people didn't like the book. Fine. Some people got the wrong book--thought they were getting #1 and got #3 instead, or whatever. Also fine. Some people clicked in error--what are you gonna do? And some people are abusing the system. How many? Not very many.
Same with pirates. My latest book was pirated within 24 hours. Yeah, it makes me kinda sad, but people who buy pirated books . . . they know they are buying pirated books. They are not going to buy your books. I could spend my time sending out take-down notices, or I could write a new book. I know which one I'd rather do.
(Which is not saying it is OK to do. It is not OK to do. I do not buy pirated books or music or movies, never have. But there is a fraction of people out there who think "all content should be free." You bet I disagree with them, but they are a tiny minority. I think most readers get that authors and musicians and filmmakers WORK to produce their stuff.)