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Old 04-22-2014, 04:50 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx View Post
Call me thick, but has someone copied your versions of the public domain ebooks you've formatted and given to the MR library and sold them on to publishers or directly to ebook retailers?

And is one of the 'thieves' Castrov?

Just curious - are you able to prove that they're the version you formatted?

I think this thread should be in the News section.
1) Those people play publisher and offer the books at Kobo and other websites.

2) Castrovilli Giuseppe (castrov) is not the only one, but a very blatant example, not least because he demands premium prices, probably expecting customers looking for quality to prefer his ripoffs over those of others. But ... he hurried here to apologise after someone posted a link to this thread on his Facebook profile.

3) It's very easy to get a sample at Kobo and see that the formatting (including some telling decorative elements) is identical. And Castrovilli's readiness to apologize and delete all books mentioned here from Kobo is telling enough, innit? (I can only recommend other uploaders to go through his offers on Kobo. There's a lot of stuff that I'm pretty sure is from here.)

4) I think this thread is right where it belongs so MR uploaders can always advertise those great opportunities.

Last edited by WT Sharpe; 04-23-2014 at 01:08 PM. Reason: Mr. Giuseppe's religious affiliation is of no concern here.
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