Illegal piracy of books is NOT like a library.

Theft of books digitally is in no way the same thing as a library.  The number of people who have to drive to the library and check out a physical book one at a time is not even remotely comparable to the thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people who can download the digital copy of a book from the comfort of their homes from a pirate site.

Every single one of those thefts negatively impacts the hundreds of hours that I spent writing and editing that book.  I am not a millionaire.  I am a writer who sweats every word out after she works a full-time day job.  I am a writer trying to build an audience and maybe, one day, get to write full time.  Every single sale matters to me.  If you respect me as a person, as a writer, you will not steal my book.  Period.