back!" I've had two people do that, one for a $4.99 e-book and one for a $0.99 story. What kind of a cheap bastard returns a $0.99 story?!? Again, it goes back to that issue of, "If someone came up to you in the street and asked for $1, would you give it to them, then ask for it back if they didn't say 'thank you'?" I like the suggestion I've heard bandied about online, that we should be pitching paying for ebooks as "fair trade for authors" - turn it through 180 degrees and have it be about doing good, not about crime. Of course you'll still get people who think all writers have incomes like Stephen King and J K Rowling and don't need the few pence from each download... *sigh* Not to get into a huge conversation about piracy... I see many of your points, and some of the points of downloaders are silly, but some are valid. But I DO appreciate when the market rises to fill a void that had previously only been filled by piracy. Why the hell would I waste time downloading a TV show I missed, that my DVR did not record (a woefully frequent occurrence in my household thanks to my craptastic cable company) when Hulu has it? I'm lazy enough to watch a few commercials if it means I don't have to search and wait and bla bla bla. I'm also incredibly appreciative of the fact that BBCA is airing