Pirated copies of Dan Brown's new Robert Langdon thriller The Lost Symbol have started appearing across the internet only a day after the book was published.
The book's UK publisher Transworld said it was aware of the transgressions and was taking action to have the illegal downloads removed. "It is available on a number of pirate sites," said associate publicity director Alison Barrow, who added that the publisher was asking websites to take down digital copies of the book. "We are not being complacent about this," she said. "It's only the US version so far."
The Lost Symbol was available for download via peer-to-peer sites including The Pirate Bay and Scribd.com on Wednesday morning. "Thank you so much! You just made my day. :)" said one Scribd user, while another requested that the book file be sent to their email.
San Francisco-headquartered Scribd's policy is to immediately remove copyrighted material when it receives notices from copyright holders; it came under fire earlier this year from authors including JK Rowling, whose work was also found to be available for free on the website. At that time, vice president for marketing Tammy Nam said that the Scribd community was "generally very good at policing itself and let us know when they come across copyrighted works or other inappropriate material".
Those keen to take a more traditional route to The Lost Symbol, meanwhile, have been hitting the bookshops: sales of the novel, which was published yesterday, have been "stratospheric", according to Barrow.
Retailers have been slashing their prices for the new Brown symbolo-thriller, with Asda instigating a discounting war after offering the novel – which has a recommended retail price of £18.99 – for £5. Amazon then dropped its price to £4.99.
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