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Weekly Roundup Plus the Best Free Things on the Internet

by kara3murphy on December 1, 2012 in Uncategorized with No comments

Matt Mason, our Executive Director of Marketing, on the future of publishing: “There’s not a business model for content in the digital world. There’s a new business model for every piece of content you release.”

This week, we helped make The 4-Hour Chef the first BitTorrent bestseller, thanks to users like you. We discussed the future of media distribution with The New York Times. We talked new business models for the music industry with TechCrunch. And we got into what it takes to build a better web with our own Patrick Williams, creator of the Torque API.

Best week ever, maybe. Close it out with these three amazing (free) Internet objects, courtesy of the intrepid preservationists over at Internet Archive.

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The 4-Hour Bestseller (Thank You)

by BitTorrent on November 30, 2012 in Announcements with 6 Comments
BitTorrent's CEO Eric Klinker and 4-Hour Chef Tim Ferriss

From left to right: Tim Ferriss and BitTorrent’s CEO, Eric Klinker

Last week, we released an exclusive first look at Tim Ferriss’s The 4-Hour Chef to help the author fight the Barnes & Noble boycott. By the end of today, Tim’s BitTorrent Bundle will have been downloaded over 300,000 times. The book’s Amazon page will have received an additional 85,000 visitors. And users like you will have made history: the first BitTorrent bestseller.

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Behind the scenes with The 4-Hour Chef

by BitTorrent on November 20, 2012 in Featured Content with No comments

Tim Ferriss the 4-Hour Chef

Update:  Read through the end of this post for a video message from Tim Ferris to BitTorrent users.

Last week, we announced a partnership with Tim Ferriss to help get the word out about The 4-Hour Chef.

Yesterday, the book was launched on Amazon. Unfortunately, it probably won’t be at your local bookstore. Want to help us make the first BitTorrent bestseller? Want a first look at the book, and a peek behind the scenes? Look no further.

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Weekly Roundup Plus the Best Free Things on the Internet

by kara3murphy on November 17, 2012 in Other with No comments

Bones Brigade Benefit Screening

This week we hung out with Tim Ferriss, and decided to take on traditional publishing. We brought new music from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to your client. We caught a screening of The Bones Brigade: A Documentary (Go. See. This.), and gave back to the Relief Effort in New York. We got to hear what’s good from software developer, producer and performance artist Robert McDonald. And we scoured the web, looking for amazing objects.

Herewith, the three best free things on the Internet.

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