It is getting completely ridiculous. What is specially galling is that these days most of us have publicly published works (ala github, etc.)

On the other hand, seeing a letter like that reminded me of how James Joyce [?] used to go to Shakespeare and Company [1] and rearrange the display to make sure Ulysses was prominently displayed!

[?]: ?!!!

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_and_Company_%28boo...