Cory Doctorow writes of good news for his Norwegian readers. Specifically, “Samlaget, the Norwegian publisher for Little Brother, have released the full text of the book as a downloadable PDF” available by clicking this link. “Samlaget have been incredibly forward-looking and a delight to work with. They brought me to Norway to participate in a debate on the future of copyright law at the Litteraturhuset, and my translator, editor, and publicist were all excited by the possibilities opened up by free digital distribution as a means to sell print books.
“I often get asked why the foreign editions of my books aren’t available as a free download and the answer is simple: I rarely have any direct contact with my non-English publishers, let alone the kind of close working relationship that has enabled me to sell my UK and US publishers on the idea. But every now and again, a publisher will be excited enough about this to opt to put materials online off their own bat, and this is always wonderful for me. Samlaget is one of those publishers; Ragnfrid, my editor there, was the first non-English-language editor to buy the rights to Little Brother, right after it was published in English (her husband downloaded a free copy from my site, and shoved it into her hands!).”
Related articles previously published on SFScope:
Cory Doctorow sells film option on Little Brother (18 June 2009)
Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother on stage in Chicago (17 June 2009)
Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother available to do all sort of things with (30 April 2008)