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Q: Can’t I just send some money to you by PayPal instead of buying the book?

A: You don’t have to buy the book, but I’m not interested in tipjar payments. I’m not doing this to compete with my publisher. If you read the ebook and want to pay me back, but don’t have any use for the dead-tree edition, the best way you can do that is to buy a copy of the book and donate it to a school, library or community center. If you do this, you’ll put a copy of the book on the shelf where it might be read, I’ll get a royalty, and my sales-figures will go up (which means that I’ll get a bigger advance on my next book and my publisher will be more likely to want to repeat the experiment).

Comments (2) | Posted on September 6, 2003 07:16 PM

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Neil Fein says:

June 24, 2004 at 11:09 am

What is the green hand/briefcase cover pic a reference to? Did I miss something while reading the book, or is it a Bugout ref, or perhaps something else entirely?

Joshua M. says:

January 26, 2012 at 12:27 pm

Why are only 6 of the 9 stories here for download?

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I have to say that being a new-comer to Doctorow’s work I was hooked from the first page. This is an extremely entertaining, rich, clever, engaging and well-written collection and the stories cover a mixture of topics and characters. In addition is an interesting introduction to each story from Doctorow himself so you can see where he gets his ideas from and how he works. I personally look forward to more from Cory Doctorow and would recommend him to anyone who would like to read something fresh, original, and just that little bit different.

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