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That (now withdrawn) copyright notice Mike Masnick shows which is part of (some editions of) The Awakening (Zodiac Academy #1) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne V

That (now withdrawn) copyright notice Mike Masnick shows which is part of (some editions of) The Awakening (Zodiac Academy #1) by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti is really shocking to anyone who even remotely likes books: > This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. > This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it wasn’t purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite book retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. They apologised after getting criticized¹, but as Mike notes, someone consciously put that text there. Was that some experiment by their publisher? To get young adult readers to get used to such silly stipulations in order to turn it into law later? If I was one of the authors I would be pissed at the publisher² for slipping that in and damaging their reputation. 1: https://www.facebook.com/100063768668342/posts/pfbid02WRJwn8DqHxSRTu18LkSHd1dSkTG3QWD99xJ3xHSzM2Uja8htQfgTo5WMuuwL2PyQl/?mibextid=cr9u03 https://www.facebook.com/100063768668342/posts/pfbid02WRJwn8... 2: I am hoping this was not actually put in at the author's behest.

tablespoon 4y ago
> They apologised after getting criticized¹, but as Mike notes, someone consciously put that text there. Was that some experiment by their publisher? To get young adult readers to get used to such silly stipulations in order to turn it into law later? If I was one of the authors I would be pissed at the publisher² for slipping that in and damaging their reputation. My bet it was put there by the author (who blames their "formatter"), because wording and sentiment are amateurish. I'm also getting strong vibes that that book is self-published. For one, it's a looks like it's a trashy romance novel, and I understand self-publishing is pretty common for those, and the apology Facebook doesn't mention a publisher and makes it sounds like the authors are running the show. In any case, the inclusion of that example give me a poor opinion of this article. The author isn't above digging up stupid stuff done by some random ignorant boob to fuel the outrage machine.

tablespoon 4y ago

> They apologised after getting criticized¹, but as Mike notes, someone consciously put that text there. Was that some experiment by their publisher? To get young adult readers to get used to such silly stipulations in order to turn it into law later? If I was one of the authors I would be pissed at the publisher² for slipping that in and damaging their reputation. My bet it was put there by the author (who blames their "formatter"), because wording and sentiment are amateurish. I'm also getting strong vibes that that book is self-published. For one, it's a looks like it's a trashy romance novel, and I understand self-publishing is pretty common for those, and the apology Facebook doesn't mention a publisher and makes it sounds like the authors are running the show. In any case, the inclusion of that example give me a poor opinion of this article. The author isn't above digging up stupid stuff done by some random ignorant boob to fuel the outrage machine.