Book Drama! Mysterious Manuscript Theif Busted By FBI!

[shittysoup]

EXCLUSIVE It has baffled the book world for years. Somebody has been stealing unpublished manuscripts by impersonating editors, authors, agents and scouts online. Today, the FBI arrested Filippo Bernardini, a young rights coordinator at a major publisher. https://t.co/zlEA9N5GWr
- Elizabeth A. Harris (@Liz_A_Harris) January 5, 2022
The New York

Comments

[musicnkisses]

Was gonna make a joke about how Ethan Hawke is strapped for cash if he’s stealing books but that actually is Ethan and apparently he had his book stolen 😵‍💫😵‍💫

[likeanunmadebed]

k I was gonna make a comment that this Ethan lookalike really couldn't be 29, right?

cue the ONTD "age like cottage cheese" comments

[anolinde]

I'm glad this was the first comment lmao because I legit would have believed that was a picture of the thief.

[angriest_girl]

Okay, I’m a bit stupid so can someone dumb this down for me? Why did he steal them - what was he doing with them?

[musicnkisses]

They don’t know. I’m thinking he either stolen them to just read them or because he worked for an actual publisher he was scouting out talent to poach.

[angriest_girl]

Weird. Thank you for that ❤️

[squirrels_oh_no]

It was probably him trying to get ahead in his career and help his employer, although it's unknown if Simon and Schuster knew that their rights coordinator was stealing books and info on sales/etc. Kinda like corporate espionage by a go-getting dumbass fool of an employee most likely.

[corruptionoflol]

yesss i just saw this trending on twitter and was hoping someone would post about it

[goldenmeans]

S&S, figures. LMAO

[justrachna]

Why would you fuck up your bag to steal manuscripts and then do nothing with them?

[shittysoup]

For the drama of it all!

[curdlesnoots]

And he doesn’t read…he must be one of us.

[wiedemauchsei]

I don’t get this either