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Originally Posted by crich70
True. I remember when J.K. Rowling was still working on the Harry Potter books all sorts of things happened. Attempts at stealing books and such. And no doubt such happens with movies often as well. Rough cuts of the film and copies of the script make their way onto the net somehow or other. What I wonder is how can the author be sure the publisher will fulfill the contract? And there is the issue of royalties. Do they get paid in advance or do their heirs have to wait to collect them? And if they get paid in advance what happens if the books don't earn out?
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Yeah for Deathly Hallows, someone photographed all the pages and uploaded them. I didn't read it, but many who did said the story sucked and wasn't the real deal. They sure changed their tune when it was confirmed that the real DH book was pirated.