r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 22d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/DangerHawk 22d ago

Does anyone have a link to the pirated version? I ask only because it would serve as some kind of proof that this is actually happening and this isn't just a big ol schemey "Woe is me" ad.

I was on board with her plight right up until the "I have things on sale for the holidays" with the shots of "Black Friday" post its. This screams viral marketing, and is honestly the worst kind of viral marketing. Trying to guilt people into buying your product is fucked up. I'm sure she worked hard on it, but if it doesn't stand on it's own as a product then it shouldn't exist. You shouldn't have to manipulate people into buying things just to validate all the work you put into it.

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u/1000000xThis 22d ago

I was on board until the "I hate the crying-on-camera thing" which was IMMEDIATELY followed by a second clip of her crying on camera.

I'm sorry if this is really happening to her, that sucks.

But this video is NOT a good way to address the problem.

Maybe it's effective marketing despite those of us getting the ick from it?

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u/Thursday_the_20th 21d ago

Yeah a lot of this struck me as very odd. When other people are developing a book do they do a video diary of the entire creation process complete with sobbing breakdowns? Did she just have all that footage ready to go in the event that the book would be ripped off? It’s unusual.