Chapter 53 True and False Crown Publishing House

Before 1997, some newspapers and magazines in Singapore and Malaysia directly used the articles I wrote in Hong Kong newspapers and published them every day without paying me for the manuscript or even notifying me.At the end of 1997, I went to Singapore and Malaysia to promote my new book, and I also met with the directors of several newspapers and magazines that published my articles.Everyone talked very well, and they promised to pay me for the manuscript in the future.For more than two years, I have also received manuscript fees from Xing and Ma every month. They are very creditable and lovely.However, the problem of pirated books still cannot be solved.Last year, a publishing house in Singapore actually registered as "Crown Publishing House" in the local English transliteration and published my pirated book, which is really lawless.

As a result, the real "Crown Press" hired local private investigators to collect evidence to catch the fake "Crown Press".The private detective got the evidence, and together with the customs, they arrested the pirate and found a large number of my pirated books in his warehouse.The publishing house was going to sue him, but the pirate was too poor to pay a lawyer.The publisher has spent a fortune in legal fees and investigative fees.I can only accept his installment payment, apologize in the newspaper, and sign a letter of guarantee that I will not publish and sell my pirated books in the future.

The problem of pirated books in Singapore has been solved, but Malaysia, next to Singapore, still has my pirated books.A reader told me that she was overjoyed when she saw my books at a local stall; however, they were all pirated copies. Therefore, I will not buy pirated DVDs, because I am also a victim of piracy.