Teachers, librarians, etc: sign up for free copies of Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother

Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother, comes out on Feb 5, and as with my previous books, I'm going to be making it available as a free CC-licensed download. Whenever that happens, lots of people write to me to tell me how much they enjoyed it, and ask if they can just send me some money to say thanks.

I don't want their money (don't want to cut my publisher, who does so much to make the book happen, out of the loop), but I do want to help them share the love. So instead, I publish a list of librarians, teachers, and other people at similar institutions who would like free copies of my books, and ask people to express their gratitude by buying a copy of the book and sending it to one of them. It's paying your debts forward in real-time. You do a good deed. The recipient gets to share my book with patrons, students, and other people who are looking to read it. My publisher gets the sale. The bookseller gets her margin. I get the royalty, and credit for the sales number (which improves my future advances, my position on the bestseller list, and my chances of making foreign translation sales). Win, win, win.

That's where you come in. I want to launch the book's website with a long list of people who want free copies of the book. If you're a teacher, librarian, halfway house worker, shelter worker, etc, and you're interested in getting your name on that list, please email my assistant Olga Nunes at freehomelandbook@gmail.com, and include your name, institutional affiliation, and its address and phone number (for shipping info). We'll make sure it's all ready to go when we launch.

Tell your friends! Spread the word!

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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“Whenever that happens, lots of people write to me to tell me how much they enjoyed it…”

Cory, a little self-promotion is always good to keep the gears of commerce greasy, but this sentence fragment really pushes the arrogance button a bit too far. What if no one writes to tell you how much “they enjoyed” your book? Assuming that your work will automatically be enjoyed is gross (to me) – plus, the odd karmic instructions you’ve outlined in order for readers to “pay debts forward” and to express their gratitude (to you and yours) and to do “good deeds” are simply strange. I didn’t know buying a book could be so spiritually exhausting!
- http://www.facebook.com/jessewaites Jesse Waites
  
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http://www.facebook.com/jessewaites Jesse Waites

Cory, is there a technology platform in place that automates this process, or is it done manually? this would be great framework for other authors to use.
- Cory Doctorow
  
  It’s all manual, alas!
s2redux

Ignore the naysayers, Cory — you had me at “my assistant Olga Nunes.” ::swoon::
http://twitter.com/MrChrastka John Chrastka

Cory – half the US library world was at ALA Midwinter in Seattle when you posted this on Monday. I’d suggest a bump…