Comments on: ‘Book Bites’ for Monday 25th January 2010 http://robaroundbooks.com/2010/01/%e2%80%98book-bites%e2%80%99-for-monday-25th-january-2010/ ...ahhh for the love of words Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick http://robaroundbooks.com/2010/01/%e2%80%98book-bites%e2%80%99-for-monday-25th-january-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-7164 Nick Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:03:00 +0000 http://robaroundbooks.com/?p=11350#comment-7164 The book pirate interview is indeed laughable for its sensationalism. I mean, a book pirate! And <i>The Millions</i>, which I actually usually enjoy, makes it sound as if interviewing a <i>Book Pirate</i> (!) is an achievement. They are so many of them and there is nothing glamorous about pirating a book. It's easy, just boring (and yes, totally unlawful). Besides this, the article presented some interesting views, though nothing really new: "it's okay, or at least feels like it, to steal from an faceless corporation"... The book pirate interview is indeed laughable for its sensationalism. I mean, a book pirate!
And The Millions, which I actually usually enjoy, makes it sound as if interviewing a Book Pirate (!) is an achievement. They are so many of them and there is nothing glamorous about pirating a book. It’s easy, just boring (and yes, totally unlawful).

Besides this, the article presented some interesting views, though nothing really new: “it’s okay, or at least feels like it, to steal from an faceless corporation”…

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