I copied from my facebook page. It’s important enough for me to share. I hope you will share this with others. It was profound to me.

Thanks and love, Barbara

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Barbara Seaman Stewart shared
Author Tina Reber’s status.

https://www.facebook.com/authortinareber

Over the last two days I have been deeply saddened – DEEPLY – by the careless actions of others. I have been alerted that several readers have created private Facebook groups and are SHARING/UPLOADING epub and pdf versions of hundreds of novels.
Listen, I LOVE to read. LOVE TO READ. But getting something I didn’t pay for via back door methods is STEALING, no matter how you paint it. Imagine going to work for a year and having your boss tell you that you’re not worth paying. These groups think that they are safe as they are only sharing within their private walls, but what happens to that file content once it leaves the group? Nothing prevents it from being emailed or uploaded on global pirate sites. This doesn’t just affect me, it affects hundreds of authors who are finding their work being stolen and shared illegally. Please, if you can’t afford to buy something, stealing is not the answer.