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Ms. Nlsn-Hydn:

'll dmt th Cry 'bby wght' cmmnt ws td crss, bt f h's nythng t ll lk hs hmrs shrt strs, 'm sr h wld hv bn msd by t.

'm lttl sd tht y wld dlt my cmmnt clrfctn n ths thrd. mst crtnly dd nt ntnd t nslt hm, smply wntd t pnt t wht thgh ws ccptbl slf-prmtn, snc t sms t b sch cntnts ss.

f Mr. Dctrw nd cmpny fnd ths srt f cmmnt nccptbl, thn pls dlt my ccnt.

Are you a moderator? You never seem to be disemvowelled for trolling.

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Why do readers need to read an entire novel online for free? How come short stories and excerpts aren't enough to entice potential readers?

My problem with giving away intellectual property -particularly novels- is that you are fundamentally changing the medium. This is why I think that online giveaways have been more successful with genre fiction than literary or non-fiction.

If you give away a novel then you are really 'buying' publicity and building a brand, and by taking the financial pressure away from writing as a product, publishers and publicists are more apt to focus on brand building at the expense of writing in the long run.

The writers who have succeeded online are selling themselves instead of writing. Doesn't mean their writing isn't good, I just don't see eBooks as making much of a difference to someone like Tobias Wolfe or Charles DeAmbrosio.