Comments on: A Caution https://booksquare.com/a-caution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=a-caution Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Wed, 15 Jun 2005 02:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/a-caution/#comment-82171 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 02:35:08 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/05/31/1370/#comment-82171 Who is threatening whom? I presume it’s the illegal booksellers? Yeah, stupidity always works.

]]> By: Anonymous https://booksquare.com/a-caution/#comment-82169 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:50:13 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/05/31/1370/#comment-82169 It looks like they’re threatening some people now. I’m sure the FBI will get involved and investigate this now. They take threats very seriously.

]]> By: Andrew https://booksquare.com/a-caution/#comment-82167 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:14:17 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/05/31/1370/#comment-82167 Looks like these kind made it shut down:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4186

]]> By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/a-caution/#comment-80348 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 04:55:23 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/05/31/1370/#comment-80348 Mike, thanks for checking in with facts (we do so love to make stuff up, but when it matters). I am a huge proponent of ebook technology, but realize the risks. I’m not sure what the answer is, but do have faith in readers.

]]> By: Mike Feury https://booksquare.com/a-caution/#comment-80347 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:24:48 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/05/31/1370/#comment-80347 As the publisher of some books ‘on offer’ at the Bookaza site, I can definitely confirm that this is an illegal scam.

There are a lot of big guns after this guy but he’s proving resilient, popping up with different domains and with hosting in different countries.

This is one time when a small publisher like me is cheering for the big guys 🙂

]]> By: Rebecca https://booksquare.com/a-caution/#comment-79893 Thu, 02 Jun 2005 02:19:11 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/05/31/1370/#comment-79893 If you find one of these sites, here is how to trace these people:

http://www.whois.com

type in the domain name and press enter. Get the IP address of the server and then visit

http://www.arin.net

type in the IP address and hit enter

It will list the owner of the IP subnet – these are the people you want to talk to because they can turn off the IP address or refer you to the hosting company. The whois database may or may not be accurate and is easily changable, ARIN is accurate and is not easily changable.

Give this guy no room to grow. Make him pay for domain names until he’s out of cash.

]]> By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/a-caution/#comment-79890 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:25:02 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/05/31/1370/#comment-79890 Alas, getting the electronic files isn’t as hard as you think. Since you asked this question, I’ve come up with at least three (devious) methods. And that’s without caffeine. These scam sites (and there’s been further verification that this is indeed not operating legally) are usually uncovered by authors googling their names and titles. It’s the only time I suggest this type of obessive behavior (this means you, Jill!).

]]> By: Naba Barkakati https://booksquare.com/a-caution/#comment-79882 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:58:45 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/05/31/1370/#comment-79882 Thanks for the heads-up. I checked the site and sure enough in the Linux category they had a bunch of Wiley titles, including my Linux book (an older edition) – – http://bookaza.com/category/linux.html I passed the information on to Wiley. I wonder how they get the electronic files…

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