in july 6, 2018, a kindle edition of the book was quietly released to the amazon website. within a matter of days, the non-authorized kindle edition of the book went to the #16 spot of "business and investment" section of the online book store. baupost group responded to the illegal copy by saying "the kindle version of margin of safety: risk-averse value investing strategies for the thoughtful investor on amazon is an unauthorized version being sold in violation of its registered copyright, which is owned by seth klarman. mr. klarman has not authorized republication of margin of safety, electronically or in any other format. our legal department is taking and will continue to take appropriate action with respect to this matter." the kindle edition book appeared to have been suggested by oceanofpdf.com, an organization that offers free downloads of books online and believes "that knowledge and information should be free and accessible to everyone around the globe.”