Yeah, that's what I don't get. I got the email basically saying "there's a torrent out there of the old version, so we're never going to release the new one". The first thing through my mind was, "sooo... you're saying that because there's a torrent out there, my only option now is to break the law and download that torrent?" It puts me in a position I don't like by denying me the ability to do the right thing, and it doesn't make a lot of sense either. I can understand him being upset at the torrent, but just cancelling the book (especially if, as he said, the new book is already finished) doesn't make any sense to me. As others have already said, there are many avenues open to him that carry very little financial risk. I'm much more inclined to believe that he changed his mind for some other reason and the torrent is just an excuse. If he decided he didn't want to publish it that's fine, but I don't like being treated like an idiot. A simple "after consideration we've decided not to publish after all" would have been enough.
