Author dropped by publisher after legal threats releases book on web

garygibsonsf · 01-16-2009, 01:10 AM

"A former British ambassador to Uzbekistan has made the follow-up to his bestselling memoir Murder in Samarkand available for free online after it was dropped by his publisher following legal threats."

More at: http://tinyurl.com/craig-murray-uzbekistan

Patricia · 01-16-2009, 09:15 AM

And here's the author's explanation, with a link buy the pbook:
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archiv...e_catholi.html
also
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archiv..._orange_1.html

And there's a link to the book (in pdf format) halway down this page:
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archiv...s_schilli.html

AlexBell · 01-17-2009, 05:00 AM

Thanks, Patricia. I couldn't find it the book anywhere until I came back to read your post.

Is this an example of what they used to call samizdat? (sp)

Regards, Alex

Gudy · 01-18-2009, 05:37 AM

Well, samizdat literally means "self-publishing", although its usual use is to refer to the more or less clandestine self-publishing efforts necessary in a climate of political oppression by the government prevalent in the former Soviet Union. So it's not quite what's happening here.

01-16-2009, 01:10 AM	#1
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	Author dropped by publisher after legal threats releases book on web "A former British ambassador to Uzbekistan has made the follow-up to his bestselling memoir Murder in Samarkand available for free online after it was dropped by his publisher following legal threats." More at: http://tinyurl.com/craig-murray-uzbekistan

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01-16-2009, 09:15 AM	#2
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	And here's the author's explanation, with a link buy the pbook: http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archiv...e_catholi.html also http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archiv..._orange_1.html And there's a link to the book (in pdf format) halway down this page: http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archiv...s_schilli.html

01-17-2009, 05:00 AM	#3
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	Thanks, Patricia. I couldn't find it the book anywhere until I came back to read your post. Is this an example of what they used to call samizdat? (sp) Regards, Alex

01-18-2009, 05:37 AM	#4
Gudy Wizard Posts: 1,154 Karma: 3252017 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux (623)	Well, samizdat literally means "self-publishing", although its usual use is to refer to the more or less clandestine self-publishing efforts necessary in a climate of political oppression by the government prevalent in the former Soviet Union. So it's not quite what's happening here.

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