Sometimes I Google my books just to see what others are saying about them on sites I may not be aware of, and this morning I Googled Mortal Sentry and found this! http://htselite.com/romance/m/mortal-sentry.pdf
It's a website that pirates books! I want to report this but I don't know who would care. They admit that it's been downloaded 27 times already...I felt so violated. frown emoticon
Okay, so I totally freaked out!
I Googled all my books and found about five sites claiming free downloads of my babies! I even found threads started about my books and thieves wanting to know where to find them! An even more scary idea, I searched on Amazon to see if others had published my books and were collecting the money. Luckily I found no such books, or at least, they changed the title and author if they had taken it...I need to do a quote search on Google. That's where you select a good line from your book and Google it to see if it's out there floating about... That might tell me if someone took Fatal Retribution or one of the others and republished them under a different title, author and/or cover. So scary.
I kind of went post crazy on Facebook. I was like "SERIOUSLY!" I was just so damn shocked!
But after much research I've come to the conclusion that these horrible sites likely don't actually have my books. I think they are holding them out as bait so people will push "DOWNLOAD" and screw themselves over. ...which now makes me nervous about my computer's safety because when I found the first site I was so shocked that I actually tried to download the book to see if it was for real. I don't think the connection was made, though, because as soon as I pushed the button I felt a swell of stupidity and closed the page...that fixes it, right? Yikes...
Please don't visit these websites, or any others that say they have free book downloads. Most authors will gladly give you a free book just because you asked for it, or at least for an honest review on Amazon...We're so easy like that...
http://mngschool.com/…/fatal-retribution-raina-kirkland-1-e…
www.ebooks4free.us/140/book9781492208785.htm
mistystemps.com/fantasy/m/mortal-sentry.pdf
http://htselite.com/romance/m/mortal-sentry.pdf
https://www.waterstones.com/.../diana-graves/9781468913514#
If you simply MUST have my books, just ask.
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