Earlier I mentioned that Paul Carr had made an earlier book available for free download in the US when he could not find an American publisher. Now in Techdirt I find a report on a situation that goes one step further: best-selling Brazilian author Paulo Coelho (whom we’ve previously mentioned here and here) learned that his books had apparently been banned in Iran. (The Iranian government claims they are not, but his publisher says they are.)
So as quickly as possible, he posted Farsi translations of them on his website for free download.
Coelho previously found that “pirating” his own books dramatically increased the number of them he actually sold, and advocated creators sharing their content as freely as they can. It’s not terribly surprising that his response to being banned in Iran would be to make his books freely available to readers there.
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