Authors' fury at website offering free book downloads

Authors including Philip Pullman, Robin Stevens and Maz Evans are "furious" about a website offering free illegal downloads of their books. OceanofPDF.com offers users free PDF or Epub downloads of some bestselling authors’ books, including eight Philip Pullman titles, 14 books by Malorie Blackman, 11 by Bali Rai and more than 50 by Michael Morpurgo and Jacqueline Wilson. On the website the founders say their mission is to make knowledge and information “free and accessible to everyone around the globe”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kensal Rise Library re-opens after five-year battle

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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