Penny-pinching pictures

“If digital shoplifting keeps up, our books won’t sell.”

Yoshihiro Maruoka, operator of Kobunkan Shoten bookstore, on people who use cell phone cameras to photograph pages of books and magazines.

It’s not uncommon to see people standing in line outside a shop or restaurant that is having a sale of some kind. And that’s fair enough I guess, as there is nothing wrong with seeking out the odd bargain. But isn’t going through all the trouble of photographing a book or magazine taking being careful with one’s money to new and previously uncharted depths?