Yes, but fanfiction is older than the current culture of "free, easy access information" and downloading. I'm no expert (though some other commenters here are) & I know fanfic as a modern phenomenon is generally considered to have begun with the original Star Trek series.
There are many impulses behind the creation of fanfic, and thumbing one's nose at copyright holders is only a minor consideration, if at all.
Cathy beat me to it; I was just coming here to point this tidbit from Library Journal. (The kicker, of course, comes in the last sentence: "Not that the book has actually been placed on the fiction shelves yet; all the copies are either out, in transit, or on the hold shelf." It's the same for all of our library's copies.)
Also, yesterday's Publisher's Lunch email newsletter pointed out that Frey is likely due to receive most of his Oprah-driven royalty windfall around March 31. They speculate that the cheque will amount to a substantial seven figures -- "for argument's sake, somewhere vaguely in the neighborhood of $3 million."
What Lois Said re: acid-free paper, newspapers, and libraries.
And Pete, you may have seen it already, but one of my favourite random generators is the Daily Mail-o-matic. "WILL THE E.U. GIVE THE ELDERLY CANCER?" and other vital questions of our time!
"[Chomsky's] political theories are taken very seriously in Canada, where he is the standard talk-show guest to explain the USA."
Uh, not so much. These days the CBC mostly trots out academic types from various Canadian Studies institutions. That, or Rick Mercer talks to the wo/man on the street.
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