> I've concluded williamtrask is a bot - it really doesn't seem to "get" the point!
You're insulting one of your peers here. Insults, clever or otherwise do not belong on HN, especially not in threads where those peers offer their works for - limited - review.
If you're shocked by someone writing a book that has an actual audience here and even more shocked that they would have the temerity to charge for their work, if you complain they won't give you 'access' and then insult them to boot when they offer to do just that you go from 'clever' to 'asshole'.
I've flagged your comments and would really appreciate it if you found it in you to apologize to the topic starter, subthreads like these make me sad.
(but i don't control the website download offer)