Terry Goodkind publicly names and shames ebook pirate
Terry Goodkind has, for reasons unknown but open to speculation , chosen to self-publish his latest Sword of Truth -related novel, The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus (not the sequel to The Omen Machine , which will apparently follow next year from Tor, but a new prequel to the series). This new book was released as an ebook exclusive several days ago. As an ebook-exclusive, it is little surprise that the book was heavily pirated on release, even after Goodkind posted a message to his website explaining how the economics of ebook publishing worked and politely requested that people refrain from doing so. So, on his Facebook page, Goodkind named and shamed one of the alleged pirates, posting their personal information and several websites where he was active. The alleged pirate apparently withdrew several of his pages and 'attempted' to offer an apology, according to a Goodkind fan monitoring the situation (posting on Westeros.org in this thread ). Apparently, this ...