I’m a small author. I’ve written one book and am slowly working on my second. I’m a teeny, tiny fish in a very big ocean. So, when I read this post by Molly Greene about ebook piracy, I thought: no way that can happen to me. No one even knows I exist.
Well, no one may know I exist, but my book was in the general ebooks site. And you could get it for free. I didn’t know if to be flattered or offended.
Good news, Molly Greene’s article explains what to do and she even has the email that got her books removed from the site. I’ve sent them the email and hope that they’ll remove my book.
I’m really hoping that no one else finds their book on that site but, if you do remember, knowledge is power. Check out Molly Greene’s post and get your book back.
PS. If you know of other ways to get rid of books pirated, share them with me and I’ll pass them on as well!
PSS. I sent the email verbatim from Molly Greene’s site and the very next day, I got an email from general ebooks that said:
“Thanks for your report!
Links was removed.
Kindly yours.”
Success, even if it’s poorly written. 😀
Taylor Grace 
Out of curiosity, I checked the site, and my book isn’t on there. Darn. Personally, my answer to any/all of these posts is this: Stopping Piracy is a Waste of Time.
Hm…My idea certainly only took my book off one site and the URL is still there. Thanks for that thought-provoking reply!
What a wonderful community this is. Don’t have a book written yet and salute you for yours!
Thank you so much! I have found it really really supportive and positive!
I think it’s sort of an author badge. You haven’t made it until your book’s been pirated. 😉 Seriously, though, it happens. I figure that most book buyers are on the up and up. Few will go to Amazon and say, “$2.99! That’s outrageous! I must find it for free!” Usually a curt email to the site admin will do the trick.
It certainly worked for me! Thanks for that comment!
WOW! I had no idea! Thank you so much for sharing this.
I had no idea either! And I was pretty sure my one book wouldn’t be there! Oops!
I just went and checked my book and stories are there, but the links they give are not fre, I’ll look into it more
Isn’t it maddening? I couldn’t believe mine was in there! Sigh. If you find any other info, let me know!
OK went and did more checking and mine is there for FREE also, it seems one person downloaded it in July
Did you send them that email? They removed my free link as soon as I sent it.
I will do that today
I’m crossing my fingers for you! 🙂
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