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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lizard" data-source="post: 4258327" data-attributes="member: 1054">The problem is, those inclined to self-justify will just say, "Well, of COURSE they're denying it!"I mean, it's self-evidently stupid -- why not just release, say, the first 30 pages of each book? Or the first two pages of each chapter? Or any other such thing which will serve to generate hype/excitement? The idea a company would deliberately release a high-quality copy of their flagship product two weeks early is just ridiculous.Normally, people buy into conspiracy theories as a sort of security blanket. It's scary to realize just how chaotic, mad, and uncontrolled the world is, so people ascribe incredible power to invisible, secret, organizations because it's more comforting to believe someone evil is in charge than that no one is in charge. But it's hard to imagine anyone feels its necessary to deny that a minor flunkie somewhere in the production chain could leak copies to the net and there's nothing a teeny-tiny division of Hasbro could do about it. It would take a very nervous man indeed to be unable to face up to THAT reality.</blockquote>