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If I said I want to read this book because I am a coder with bad graphical taste and all, but I can't buy it because damn we don't even have proper creditcards in our country, would anyone consider leaking the pdf version for free? Secretely, just for those guys like us who are physically unable to purchase stuff online. :)

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You would have probably been really surprised at the response if you had explained your situation and asked if there was an alternate way to obtain a PDF of the book.

Agreed, he's in Turkmenistan! Checking with my publisher to see what his options are. (I'm the author)

Hi,

I'm from India. I can't get the book shipped here without incurring large delay and shipping costs.

I would be happy to pay full price for a PDF and instant delivery. I'm sure there are more like me

I guess nobody ever has downloaded a pirated song from thepiratebay after this massive downvoting.

It's easier to pirate music from a seemingly larger-than-life band than it is to pirate a book from a man who you (I, some of us?) watched grow the idea from a few blog posts a year ago. Perhaps I've got the narrative all wrong, but from my point of view, Mr. Kadavy made a couple really well-done blog posts covering "Design for Hackers", they became fairly popular on HN, he responded to comments on HN, got support for his book idea on HN, and made it happen.

Perhaps a better analogy is this: Yeah, I might pirate a Metallica song, but I'm not pirating the first album of that indie band I heard when I was passing through Louisville earlier this summer.

Thats kinda reminds me of robin hood. Stealing from Bill Gates or some poor guy still makes you a thief, so your statement doesn't make sense to me.

Yours is the logical truth. Humans aren't always so logical. When emotions enter in to the equation, what I stated tends to be the case.

Thanks! You do have the narrative correct – this has happened very organically, and today's success is a huge surprise!

I'm glad the community has my financial interests in mind. After all, the better this book does, the more I can dedicate myself to teaching design.

Still, I sympathize with OP, as he appears to be in Turkmenistan. Hopefully there is some legit way for him to get a copy. I'm looking into it.

(I am the author)

Thank you for your understanding! People think I am trying to free-ride over here, but they miss the fact that I can't even download pirated song of metallica because internet is damn expensive in here and buying the original CD probably will cost less. Anyways, I shouldn't have written that, I am sorry, for I didn't know how you came up with this!

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