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The man who scammed the publishing world for love not money
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Patrick Redford interviews Reeves Wiedeman about the bizarre case of Filippo Bernardini, the "Spine Collector" who stole thousands of unpublished books without ever leaking or selling them. With reporting from. Episode transcript HERE 🏷️: book theft, publishing industry, Filippo Bernardini, The Spine Collector, unpublished manuscripts, phishing emails, identity theft, FBI investigation, Simon & Schuster, literary world, prestige, wire fraud, rights coordinator, Millennium series, Margaret Atwood, literary scouts, New York Magazine, revenge, global publishing Show Credits Only If You Get Caught is written and hosted, by Patrick Redford . It’s produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin , with…