Pirate Yourself, Become a Best-Seller 288
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "It sounds like a dotcom-era business plan: 1) give it away, 2) ???, 3) make pots of money. Author Paulo 'Pirate' Coelho leapt out of obscurity and onto the best-seller list by giving away his books on the Net. The best-selling author of 'The Alchemist' will even help you pirate his books via his blog. His publishers were not pleased, but then his books went from selling 1,000 copies to 100,000 and then over a million. He gives special credit to pirate translators who are making his work accessible to a wider audience and convincing more people to read his book."
I for one (Score:0, Funny)
In piratese... (Score:5, Funny)
Underpants Gnomes!! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I for one (Score:5, Funny)
Stupid copyright infringers don't even steal, they're in trouble for giving shit away. We REAL pirates don't give nothin' away, we cut yer throat and keep it ourselves. Now get your arsse on that plank, yer gettin' keel hauled.
While I got you here, I'm feedin' ya some Spam [slashdot.org] since thar ain't no real meat today. Now tell me before I run ya through, should I find a publisher for The Paxil Diaries [kuro5hin.org]?
Re:In piratese... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I for one (Score:5, Funny)
Now please would you let me off this plank?
Strange ways of the universe (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In piratese... (Score:5, Funny)
Kindle? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In piratese... (Score:3, Funny)
So OP, are you a dyslexic pirate?
-Red
Re:I for one (Score:5, Funny)
Sure thing, matey
*splash*
Re:How long have we been saying it? (Score:4, Funny)