so i got an email out of the blue, today, from someone who reported to me that material had been taken from the soap site and put into an ebook which is being sold on ebay. actually, the person who contacted me says that she’s identified five or six sites from which material was taken.

now i’m really curious. i’m tempted to spend the £5.99 to buy a copy of the ebook and see for myself. except, of course, my paypal and ebay accounts are associated with my viv address, which is associated with the soap address, and were i to buy a copy i wouldn’t want to tip my hand like that and hint to the person that i was looking to see if they stole my work. bah.

i’m torn between annoyance that they blatantly ignored my copyright, and amusement — the site must be a success if it’s worth being stolen and sold for cash. still, i don’t appreciate having someone make a profit off of the information i intentionally provide for free — granted, the buyers get what they deserve in regard to paying something that they ought to have spent five minutes googling for, instead, and i don’t have much sympathy for them, but it does tickle my cranky button that someone’s out there making beer money off my work and i’m not being acknowledged.

also, i just don’t understand why people would buy a crappy ebook for £5.99 on ebay when they could…oh…say…go to an actual bookstore and get an actual book from a respected author for probably £6.99 or or £7.99 or so. people, people, people.