…he [the hearer] either thinks: “I understand all he says, but what on earth is he driving at” or else he thinks “I see what he’s driving at, but how on earth is he going to get there.” All I can do is again to ask you to be patient and to hope that in the end you may see both the way and where it leads to.
Pagar perquè te la peguen
Resulta francament deplorable, indignant i tot, que compres Bestiario de Julio Cortázar en ebook, en lloc de baixar-te’l gratis, perquè vols assegurar-te uns mínims de qualitat editorial, i ensopegues justament amb tot allò que pagaves per evitar: paraules repetides, paraules tallades, lletres que s’han esfumat, etc. etc. etc.
Segons la pàgina d’Amazon, els responsables d’aquest desficaci serien uns tals Leer-e, “Especialistas en lectura digital” (sic).
How Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits Turn Low-Budget Movies Into Big Bucks
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