Ladies Who Lunch and Authors Who Tweet - A HEADS UP

Here's RUTH WARE on TWITTER:

MMMMM. LUNCH.

Here's RUTH WARE on EBAY.

MMMMM. PIRACY.

Crapathy, anyone? OK, in this case, let's say that Ruth isn't in the habit of checking eBay to see how her books are selling, what a signed copy goes for, etc. She might not be aware that eBay, the "respected" website, allows thieves for whom English isn't even a second language, to steal and steal and steal.

But too often, seasoned authors who DO know, like Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, E.L. James and George R.R. Martin spend way too much time TWEETING, and could either be spending TWO MINUTES a week checking eBay, or having a fan or friend do it.

One of my books was serialized in the New York Daily News over five days, and it was the COVER story on the Sunday edition. Pretty nice.

I can guarantee you, that if some asshole was bootlegging me on eBAY, I would've taken time from my mmmmmmmm LUNCH to send in a DMMMMMMMMMCA takedown.

It seems too many authors not only write badly, and are total hacks, but they don't know simple kindergarten sentences like: PIRACY IS BAD.

Isn't that true, George R.R.? It's not just about YOU, and whether you'd rather live in your fantasy world and cash your checks, it's about your responsibility to keep bookstores and libraries alive.