Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘But pirating book one means that publishing cancels book two’ … Maggie Stiefvater. Just over a quarter (26%) said they had pirated books in the past, while 5% said they currently pirate books. Samantha Shannon, author of the Bone Season series, said that attempting to stay on top of pirated editions of her books was “a Sisyphean task”. If we ask people not to do it, no matter how courteously, we’re told we should have more compassion or be grateful we even have readers. “That’s an instance where if even a couple hundred had pirated instead of buying, it had repercussions.

Source: The Guardian November 06, 2017 14:48 UTC