Book publisher No Starch Press has upped The Cult of Mac and The Cult of iPod to The Pirate Bay. Snatch it, it's legal.

It's about time some of these corporate knobs wake up and use technology to their advantage. Would I be blogging about these books otherwise? I think not. Considering I don't understand the "cult", I'll be giving the PDF a glance. If I like it, I'll buy the paper version, as many, many others will do.

Update: So I snatched The Cult of Mac and had a look over the weekend, I'm not really any closer in understanding Macheads. To me, it's no different than any other brand fanaticism, something I just cannot relate too. I guess I understand it in the way that I just don't get any sort of product obsession, whether it be Harleys, Star Trek, Croc's or whatever.

I would like to applaud both the author, Leander Kahney and No Starch, for their forward thinking. However, having skimmed the book, I won't be buying a copy, which, in reality, is no different than going to a bookstore and skimming the print version, and making a purchasing decision based on the content in it's entirety. Only this way, there is virtually no cost involved for myself or the publisher.

via Torrentfreak