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  • eBook Pirates “Hijack” Domain Name of Anti-Piracy Campaign

    This week at a grand press event the French Publishers Association announced their new anti-piracy portal ProtectionLivres.com. Through the website authors can search for and take down infringing content. An ambitious project, but the publisher group overlooked one small detail – the registration of their website’s domain. This oversight was quickly punished by an eBook pirate group who scooped up the domain to redirect it to an anti-DRM website.

  • Woman Gets Naked In Public To Protest Book Pirates (NSFW)

    In probably the most outrageous protest yet against piracy, an author has ripped off her clothes in front of a government palace. Brazilian writer Vanessa de Oliveira shocked the citizens of Lima, Peru, with nearly everything she has. “I’m doing this for my book so it is not pirated anymore anywhere in the world,” the redhead said, adding that her latest publication is based on her experiences bedding nearly 5,000 men.

  • Piracy Makes Book a Pre-Sale Blockbuster

    How do you top the sales lists at Amazon, a month before your book is released? Do you? A) Sign up with a major publisher,which may include signing over a substantial percentage of royalties, and possible debt-financing? B) Or release digital copies online and become a viral sensation? The answer is B, at least it [...]

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