The Scarves are with my Akri!

I spoke on the phone with my akri for a good 20 minutes yesterday... And he informed me that he is now home again in TN, from NY and the New York Comic-Con, and had picked up the package before he went home. He also updated me on a situation I discovered dealing with a website that allows users to upload and download ebooks for free.

I had discovered a site that allowed what is stated above, and all of Sherrilyn Kenyon's books were available up-to-date for free. This kind of thing upsets me, especially since I understand how bad piracy can be when it comes to books. However, I was surprised by what my akri told me. He said that in the case of romance authors, such piracy is actually in some ways free publicity. This also led into a discussion in which he told me that Sherri had fought long and hard to get St. Martin's to even allow the free book giveaway that took place over the Cons last year... (Sherri had my favorite book in her series, "Seize the Night," set up with a special cover as a freebie for each Convention she went to last year to help promote the series) - Basically even the current piracy is good free publicity for romance authors, but usually only for the genre... Not sure I understand how that works exactly, but as it is, IF it's ok for authors that I hope to someday be in the same league as, then I'll let it be. I guess I'm just business savy enough to wonder about the profit loss, though... *shrug*

Now, back on topic with my scarves. I got a call only a few minutes ago. He told me that he LOVED the scarf, and so did his wife. Then he asked how much I charge for them... I'm hoping that this means that he's gonna be promoting the hell out of my scarves to others... Akri also told me that he loved how they curl up into circles (I use the circular loom seen in one of my previous posts, and that causes the reaction, along with gravity...) and that the fact that they curl makes him warmer...

I am so beyond thrilled that akri and his wife both like their scarves! To me, that's the most important thing!