
LS_Tomblin
Hello everyone! To whom it may concern, I've made the decision to remove Ill-Gotten Memories from Wattpad for the time being. Mainly, because, I have seen a lot of writers on here reporting their works stolen, copied word for word, and published on Amazon (and even other serial web sites as well). My book may not be the best but I do not want to risk losing my story to these scummy thieves taking advantage of hard-working authors. Secondly, as ya'll may have noticed, because I have not been able to publish as often as I would like due to my IRL responsibilities with work/family. I'm still writing when I can but I hate that I've been unable to upload for ya'll! When I am, I'm editing chapters already written (because I feel like a total armature when I go back and read them *cries*). But the amount of writers I've seen have their works stolen is absurd to me and it's honestly sad we can't feel safe enough to share our stories anymore due to these leeches.

JankyFluffy
@LS_Tomblin It was stolen off of Kobo or Barnes & Nobel or one of the other bookstores. The stolen book wasn't on Amazon. I don't know which site it was ripped from.
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JankyFluffy
@LS_Tomblin And if you are a member of Amazon KU and your book is pirated Amazon has punished authors for breaking their exclusive contract. That cross-posting helped me in other ways too. I made the front page of one of the sites I cross-posted and the book went viral. It has more adult readers who are okay with pg13 Romance. It's now my main platform.
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LVann26
@LS_Tomblin I feel like it's just a risk we take with posting our work online. :( Personally, I've decided I have to be okay with it because the alternative is just letting it sit in a file to never be seen. But if all my writing was on hold, I'd probably be tempted to take it down too!
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