Thread: Book piracy: Less DRM, more data
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Old 01-12-2011, 10:16 AM   #32
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As to sales, Paulo Coelho is a good example. He mines the piracy data to see if there's a burgeoning interest for his books in a particular country or market. If so, he either works to get his book out in print or translate it in that market.
Is Paulo Coelho unique in mining the piracy data this way? Just curious if other authors do what he does too.

And OT, but Paulo Coelho just made ALL his books translated to Farsi (Persian) available for free download on his blog (PauloCoelhoBlog) as a response to Iran banning his books.
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