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Best-Selling Author Turns Piracy into Profit
torrentfreak.com — Paulo Coelho, author of books such as %u201CThe Alchemist%u201D and %u201CThe Witch of Portobello%u201D, sold over 100 million books last year. In part, he puts this success down to BitTorrent, as he saw a huge increase in sales when his books appeared on sites such as The Pirate Bay. We talked to Coelho to find out more about this remarkable story
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- ronjon13, on 05/13/2008, -0/+8I'm am not a coelho fan but i strongly support what nin and himself are doing. sharing is caring.
- davotoula, on 05/13/2008, -0/+4Sharing a digital copy of your book can and will help both small and well known writers.
It will however not help crappy writers as these still rely on media spin, fake reviews and marketing to make sure a customer buys a copy without having had a chance to sample it.
So don't be surprised if there is a large number of writers still fighting against free digital copies despite all the evidence of increased sales! - duggtodeath, on 05/13/2008, -2/+3Thief! I wrote %u201C and %u201D first!
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