For years, a mysterious figure has been stealing books before their release. Is it espionage? Revenge? Or a complete waste of time? … “If you try to find financial and economic gain, it’s of course hard to see,” said Daniel Sandstrom, the literary director of a Swedish publisher hit many times by the thief. “But if the game is psychological, a kind of mastery or feeling of superiority, it’s easier to visualize. This is a business full of resentment as well, and in that sense, it becomes a good story.” from The Spine Collector by Reeves Wiedeman