Publisher Warns Fans That Liking A Book Too Much May Be Illegal
Found on Techdirt on Sunday, 11 April 2010
Apparently, one of the hot book series out there is the "Millennium Trilogy" by author Stieg Larsson. Apparently, the first couple of books have become incredibly popular in the US, but the third in the series has been released elsewhere, but not in the US yet. So, not surprisingly, many fans are ordering it from abroad.
"What I would say to readers is, I would encourage them to shop at their local bookseller here in the United States or their online bookseller in the United States, where no laws are being broken and you are supporting the continuing discovery of world literature."
Now it's even illegal to buy a book; you might as well pirate the ebook version then and save your money. I wonder how retarted publishers can get; this is not the 15th century anymore, it's actually pretty easy to get something from the other side of the world. That's called global business and the industry hails it constantly; but only as long as it works for them.