Shanghai Book Pirates are Nothing New
Posted: October 6th, 2010 | 1 Comment »Anyone living in a Chinese city will know that book pirates are commonplace in China selling an increasing range of titles in English and Chinese. I’ve noticed lately the range of English books is getting broader and not just endless Harry Potter and Steig Larson or Malcolm Gladwell and business case study boredom.
However, just in case anyone out there thought book piracy in China was anything new I offer this article from the China Weekly Review in 1940 expressing concerns in Hong Kong about the market being flooded by Chinese made pirated books. Nothing new under the sun!
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The range of English titles is getting *very* broad and includes those that are not even released yet (have seen volumes available here in Beijing that are still at pre-ordering stage on Amazon).
Cheers, Boyce