tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post1050325161905254439..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Stop (Book) Thief!bibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-411152645472674082008-03-20T22:03:00.000+08:002008-03-20T22:03:00.000+08:00This underdog, give-it-to-the-man thing always sel...This underdog, give-it-to-the-man thing always sells. Never mind the fact that it would be a crime and only lead to anarchy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-90686617693500195232008-03-19T07:44:00.000+08:002008-03-19T07:44:00.000+08:00looked up hoffman's book on wikipedia and found bo...looked up hoffman's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_This_Book" REL="nofollow">book on wikipedia</A> and found bookshops didn't want to carry a book of that title, but it still became a best-seller.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-4422527879936447472008-03-19T03:38:00.000+08:002008-03-19T03:38:00.000+08:00someone once told me that bourgeois french writers...someone once told me that bourgeois french writers used to steal a lot of the books they read. they want to imitate rimbaud or jean genet. stealing a book for the first time used to be a right of passage for certain groups of parisian novelists in the 60s, i hear.<BR/><BR/>suddenly, i am also reminded of the abbie hoffman classic handbook of survival, 'steal this book', which taught me a thing or two about going to the cinemas for free.Burhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582444270077430405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-71042190517024373942008-03-18T21:58:00.000+08:002008-03-18T21:58:00.000+08:00the obvious need to be said: bibliokleptomaniacs!the obvious need to be said: bibliokleptomaniacs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-44138491474664434142008-03-18T19:40:00.000+08:002008-03-18T19:40:00.000+08:00sorry, it shd be: May be they have an order list ...sorry, it shd be: May be they have an order list before they go on a spree?Kak Tehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856864485917633260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-51723579885582367202008-03-18T18:36:00.000+08:002008-03-18T18:36:00.000+08:00may be they can an order list first before they go...may be they can an order list first before they go on the spree?Kak Tehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856864485917633260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-12985017145107619812008-03-18T15:22:00.000+08:002008-03-18T15:22:00.000+08:00thanks for that insight, bookseller. the local ...thanks for that insight, bookseller. the local thieves seem a very organised lot.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-38874083047112015012008-03-18T15:06:00.000+08:002008-03-18T15:06:00.000+08:00This is a touchy issue with booksellers. In Malays...This is a touchy issue with booksellers. In Malaysia, it is mainly favourites range from local stuff like May 13 by Kua King Siong; Reluctant Politician by Ooi Kee Beng; Guinness Bk of Records (every year, without fail); Blue Ocean Strategy (biz bk by W Chan Kim); Friedman's World Is Flat; Byrne's The Secret and so on. Basically anything that is easily re-sold in the black market, off-loaded to some obscure small towns...<BR/><BR/>Notice something out of that list above? No FICTION/LIT!!! Malaysian book thieves are mainly, I believe, very business-oriented. Perhaps there's the occassional petty thief, but rare where I'm selling...<BR/><BR/>Whatever it is that they steal, it's heart-breaking for a bookseller when the theft is discovered... <BR/><BR/>If I were Hooper, I would have beaten the daylights out of that jerk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com