Digital piracy is a reality. So are honest consumers.
āI think there are more honest consumers than those who want something for nothing.ā ~ Duke Sharp
If you would like to donate thatās cool! Pay only what you can affordā¦ hereās the authorās side of the offer.
Garage Band Theory is the culmination of over ten years of hard work, distilling my experience of thousands of hours of practice, performance and lessons into a useful tool for students and teachers alike. Out-of-pocket expenses include fees to editors, proofreaders, music teachers, an indexer, cover designer and photographer, graphic artists, web developers and consultants, as well as software, hardware, etc.
After spending more than a decade writing this book and turning it into a product Iām proud to bring to the market, I find I am in complete disagreement with the pervasive belief that a digital book is somehow āworth lessā than a paper version.
I think everyone would agree that the value of any book is in the ideas it contains, not the medium on which it is presented. About 90% of the expenses are exactly the same for both, and are incurred before printing a paper book or hiring a web developer to make it available digitally.
DRM is an annoying, insulting nuisance for honest consumers and a very minor inconvenience to dedicated file-sharers. For these and other reasons I will not use DRM on the PDF version of Garage Band Theory. I believe that if youāve purchased the download you should be able to use it on any of your computers, and loan it to your friends.
Loaning a digital book to friends and family is your right when youāve purchased it, just like you do with a paper book. I am sincerely honored when anyone thinks enough of GBT to want to share it, and I encourage you to do so. The difference is that when you āloanā a digital copy, it is never āreturned.ā
GBT is not a novel youāll read once and never look at again ā itās a resource youāll find valuable for years to come.
If you share this book with someone who likes it and wants to use it, I believe itās fair for me to ask that they make a donation. I hope youāll mention that if you share GBT.
Please consider my time and expenses when you decide whether to compensate me for the download. I am not a corporate publisher or a major record label. Iām a musician and an author offering his wares for a fair price, not unlike the potter, weaver or painter at the crafts fair.
If you know someone who could really use GBT and they honestly canāt afford to pay for it, feel free to share it, no strings attached.
If you purchase the download from this website within one year and later decide you want the book too, Iāll deduct $10 from the retail price.
Please, do keep in mind that this book was designed to sit on a music stand, on the kitchen table or in your lap, and it wonāt work quite as well on most computers unless you can see two pages at once. Itās OK on the screen, but there are a lot of places where youāll want to see the writing on the left-hand page at the same time as the example thatās on the right-hand page.
