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and possess and read whenever they wanted to. I believe that the greatest thing in this life is to do something you love and be appreciated for that, which is precisely why we should pay money to obtain and read books that took so much effort to put together. Otherwise, if we download someone’s hard work for free, the writers will feel disparaged and won’t earn the money that they’re supposed to. And thus, they may feel depressed and despondent which can result in the gradual destruction of their career as a writer. That is what authors are feeling all over the world at this precise moment. They pour their heart and soul into creating a piece of literature, and believe me when I tell you that it isn’t easy to write. It takes an ineffable amount of time, effort and creativity. Some books take months to write and some take years, and it’s not only about sitting at a desk and writing for hours. It’s about so much more than. It’s about profoundly researching into numerous topics before an author can accurately write a book. It’s about intricately forming and shaping characters who possess distinguishable characteristics and who are interesting to read about. It’s about shaping a plot the reader won’t get bored with. Furthermore, after the book has been written and edited by the author a multiple times, it’s not a guarantee that the book will be published and sold. Finding a publisher who shares the same ideals and appreciates an author’s work is immensely difficult, and that is why there are thousands of books written by famous authors that have gone unpublished, simply because the publisher didn’t feel like it would be a successful book. Sarah Dessen, a New York Times bestselling author of Young Adult fiction, uploaded a picture on her blog of thirteen complete novels that she had written, yet never published. The title of the blog post is Impressive or Depressive? You Decide, and she also mentions that she’s been “trying to decide if 13 unpublished books makes me really perseverant or just really stupid” (Dessen, 2