👇 Note: This post is intended to highlight the structural harm of piracy, not to harass individual readers who may have used VK unknowingly.
Isabel Lucero is not a Big 5 publisher. She is an indie author who relies on pre-orders, release day bumps, and KU (Kindle Unlimited) page reads. When a book is uploaded to VK, those KU reads vanish. Amazon’s algorithm sees the piracy and deprioritizes the book. One VK upload can cost an indie author thousands of dollars in lost royalties. dysfunctional isabel lucero vk
Many readers defend VK use by saying, “I just preview it there to see if I like it before buying.” But VK doesn’t offer previews—it offers the whole file. Human nature means most never go back to pay. That isn’s sampling; that is taking. 👇 Note: This post is intended to highlight