{"id":12653,"date":"2023-03-13T22:02:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T22:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12653"},"modified":"2023-03-21T22:05:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T22:05:29","slug":"the-bookstealer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2023\/03\/13\/the-bookstealer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bookstealer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2023\/03\/book-thief-says-he-stole-1000-unpublished-manuscripts-out-of-a-love-of-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Observer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book Thief Says He Stole 1,000 Unpublished Manuscripts Out of a Love of Reading<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>A manuscript thief who stole unpublished works from authors like Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan claims he wanted to cherish the books before anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/alexandra-tremayne-pengelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-1167226127.jpg?quality=80\" alt=\"Copies of Testaments by Margaret Atwood laid out on a table, black and green cover showing a woman in a hood\" class=\"wp-image-1353928\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Margaret Atwood was among the authors targeted by Filippo Bernardini.\u00a0TOLGA AKMEN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The man behind a years-long scheme involving more than 1,000 stolen unpublished manuscripts claims his theft was motivated by a love for reading and desire to read books before anyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen, apologized for stealing works by authors such as Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan in court papers published Jan. 10 in Manhattan federal court, as reported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/news\/bernardini-stole-manuscripts-because-he-wanted-to-read-books-before-they-hit-stores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bookseller<\/a>. He was first\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-59893035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0in 2022 and pled guilty to one count of wire fraud in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have always loved books,\u201d said Bernardini in a letter to U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon. \u201cI remember that when I started reading as a child, it was to create my own world, have my own space and even make new friends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bernardini, who worked as a rights coordinator at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/company\/simon-schuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simon &amp; Schuster<\/a>\u00a0U.K. from 2019 until his arrest, allegedly solicited unpublished manuscripts through more than 160 fraudulent email addresses impersonating individuals in the publishing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2023\/03\/book-thief-says-he-stole-1000-unpublished-manuscripts-out-of-a-love-of-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Observer<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Observer Book Thief Says He Stole 1,000 Unpublished Manuscripts Out of a Love of Reading A manuscript thief who stole unpublished works from authors like Sally Rooney, Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan claims he wanted to cherish the books before anyone else. By\u00a0Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly The man behind a years-long scheme involving more than 1,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literary-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}