“Of all the featherless beasts, only man, chained by his self-imposed slavery
to the clock, denies the elemental fire and proceeds as best he can about
his business, suffering quietly, martyr to his madness. Much to learn.”
- Paulo Coelho
“Free Downloads: Paulo Coelho”
“The Brazilian best sellers’ author Paulo Coelho has decided to give
away all his books in electronic form from the Internet. He created the
blog “Pirate Coelho” where he lists links to all his books,
downloadable for free. What Coelho quickly discovered was that the more
his books were available for free, the more sales of paper copies
increased. As an example, he cites the Russian translation of his book,
where it went from only 1,000 sales to well over 100,000 in a period
of two years, and has only continued to grow since then.” Works
include:
“The Alchemist” (1988)
“The Valkyries” (1992)
“By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness” (1994)
“Veronika Decides To Die” (1998)
“The Devil and Miss Prym” (2000)
“The Zahir” (2005)
“The Witch of Portobello” (2006)
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RULES OF THE GAME
A] I the case that you download a book and like it, please buy
the book, so we can tell to the industry that sharing contents is not
life threatening to the book business. B] You can do a relevant service to your community. Print and handle FOR
FREE to a local library in a small town, to a hospital, to a prison.
The intention of Pirate Coelho (as well as my free web books) is first
and foremost share thoughts with people who cannot afford buying books.