Calling all artists, filmmakers, and musicians. On Monday, March 10, 2104, the BitTorrent team will be at Empire Garage, talking about Bundle. Come say hi. Learn more about some of our favorite projects. Demo the platform. And stay for live performances by RATKING, Kelela, Young Guru, and more. Got something you want to publish? Awesome….
New documentary Bundle features never-before-seen footage from the film by Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker. The Crash Reel is the true story of Kevin Pearce, a U.S. champion snowboarder. In 2010, Shaun White ended up on the top of the Olympic podium. Kevin, his long-time friend and rival, ended up in a coma; the result of…
Hey Publishers! A little while back, the BitTorrent Bundle team began testing out a couple of our most requested features. Now, we’re ready to start rolling them out to all of our alpha users. The rundown: You’ll now be able to embed your Bundle in your blog or website and get stats about your Bundle…
2013’s just about over. We’re going to send it off proper. Herewith: a year in sound, created by the Global Spin Awards’ Remixer of the Year, TedSmooth. Cornerstone’s Mixtape #167 (The Close Out) is the radio and record industry’s most trusted mixtape. This year’s tape is curated and produced by TedSmooth, the force behind some…
Staff Picks is dedicated to surfacing the best music, film, and art downloads on the Internet; digitally handmade by BitTorrent Publishers. Read on for this week’s finds. (image from www.vagabondish.com) In this week’s Staff Picks, go vagabonding with award-winning author and shoe-string traveler Rolf Potts. Vagabonding is an unconventional explorer’s guide to the universe; a…
We maintain that comic strips were (and are) the best thing about the Sunday paper. And for ten years, with the work of Bill Watterson, they were made better still. Calvin and Hobbes is the story of a boy and his philosophically-named tiger. It’s also our own. Dear Mr. Watterson is a documentary that explores…
For author Tim Ferriss, it’s a 100% increase in book sales. Audiobooks have become big business. They’re now a $1.2 billion industry. Unit sales of downloaded audiobooks grew by nearly 30% in 2011 alone. Within this context, what’s the value of giving one away? The real question is: what’s the point? For an author, what…
Staff Picks is dedicated to surfacing the best music, film, and art downloads on the Internet; digitally handmade by BitTorrent Publishers. Read on for this week’s finds. Wild Ones Wild Ones is a dream pop, portland-based band with members from diverse musical backgrounds. With influences in punk, classical, German techno and American R&B, their unique…
The tools make the man, we’re told. But when it comes to musicianship, those tools can be hard to come by. Production and songwriting software is costly and complicated. That’s a discouraging / deadly combination if you’re just getting started. Artists need more options. And access to smarter tools can help coach and sustain creativity’s…
What’s the value of a free read? Last November, we partnered with best-selling author Tim Ferriss to find out. We handed out sections and drafts from his new book, The 4-Hour Chef, to BitTorrent fans. In turn, 880 thousand of them checked out the hardcover on Amazon. And 2012’s boycotted book about meta-learning hit 2013’s…