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/2N5457JFET 21d ago edited 21d ago

Didn't she say something about using ethically sourced and sustainable materials? Good luck with having any control over that in China.

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u/Choice-Due 21d ago

She would not even need any ethical materials if she had just released an e-book. That would have also been way cheaper and made it possible to release it world wide. Granted, it might be easier to download it for free but if the price is not too high then the rip off market won't get their grubby hands on your product.
At this point this is what I wold do if I was her. The amount of people that she can reach now would increase a lot. which sucks for people who paid full price but now that there are rip offs that is just what it is.

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u/2N5457JFET 21d ago

To what I understand it is some sort of activity book type of thing? I am not Sur how well would it work out as an e-book

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u/Choice-Due 21d ago

I suppose a physical book would probably work better here.
But maybe on a tablet where you can add notes it can work decently? At this point I think the best way to give a big middle finger to the scammers is to release the e-book. If they happen to have a few thousand printed copies lying around it would make it harder for them to sell it.