Sir Philip Pullman is now leading calls for more action to tackle the issue.
One of Britain’s best loved authors is stepping up to fight the growing trend of ebook piracy.
The British novelist, who is president of the Society of Authors, has signed a joint letter to Business Secretary Greg Clark alongside 32 other concerned writers – includingAuthor Philip Pullman has taken a stand against ebook piracy The letter mentions research carried out by the Intellectual Property Office, which indicated that a sixth of ebooks read online in the UK in 2017 – the equivalent to around four million books – were pirated, as well as a survey last year that put the average earnings of a UK author at just £10,500 a year for their writing, according to the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society.
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