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Tim Ferriss and The 4-Hour BitTorrent Download

Best-selling author Tim Ferriss is teaming up with BitTorrent to promote his new book The 4-Hour Chef.

Ferriss is using Amazon’s new publishing imprint which is banned by all major U.S. booksellers, and he sees BitTorrent as a good alternative to get exposure.

BitTorrent Inc., parent company of uTorrent is looking forward to the partnership that was announced today.

“Disruptive voices should be heard. And traditional publishing’s probably about ready for a shakeup. So we’re partnering with Tim and readers like you to promote The 4-Hour Chef through BitTorrent,” the company notes.

“On the day the book launches, our community will get exclusive access to media from Tim: content from the book, as well as unpublished material.”

“We’ll be distributing the writer’s process: the photos, drafts, videos and recipes that shaped Tim’s journey,” BitTorrent adds.

The book plus the BitTorrent-downloadable freebies will be released early next week and should take less than 4 hours to download.

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  • Alain Duval

    interesting partnership, How big is this book for it to take 4hrs to download? lol,

    • Dark

      it’s a pun on the book title.

      • Anonymous

        Ernesto couldn’t write a comprehensible headline if his life depended on it.

        • Muhahaha!

          A week later: Still TRUE and funny as well.

    • Montisaquadeis

      Seeing as how its a lot of downloadable freebies like videos and recipes that is what is going to take less then 4 hours not sure if they are including the book here or just the freebies in the torrent download tho that isnt made clear at all.

    • Gen. Eric Guy

      Not that big, but torrenting is a bitch with a 56k connection from the olden days.

    • Automain1

      DOOO WHICH WAY DID THEY GO

      Rather dim no????

  • Bubanee

    See, the benifits of torrents..
    I’ve always said that torrents are a promoting tool. seriously how many of us have grabbed absolute shit and saved money buying the physical, and also how many have trialed stuff and went out and bought it!…
    I still believe they should pay uploaders for promotion not chase uploaders to fck ‘em over…

    • Helvetica36

      Time to take off your rose-colored glasses. While it’s true that a lot of people will test out media via bittorrent and later decide to buy it, the vast majority of people are spending less money on media (as a percentage) than they used to. Bittorrent is great, but let’s just be honest about the numbers, please.

      • Hghghg

        Meh,prove their losing money if people are buying less media.They still appear to be running at a profit.

      • Shinjukublack

        A recent study (done at Oxford, I believe? Could be wrong) shows that people who torrent media are 30% more likely to purchase media than those who do not torrent.

        Which tint am I looking through now?

        • Anonymous

          Reality

        • Helvetica36

          Correlation vs Causation. People who torrent media are likely to be bigger media consumers than the average person. Is it much of a stretch to think that bigger media consumers may also buy more media than the average person?

      • wcg

        Ah, no. The link to filesharing and business success of media companies hasn’t ever been proven. In fact, the industry has been on a bit of a roll lately so it’s even harder to prove. Also, there’s plenty of substantial studies on the purchasing power behind file sharers that contradicts the assumptions. Unfortunately, ill-informed opinions like yours are what keeps the masses unwittingly supporting the RIAA/MPAA tactics.

  • TechGuy

    It would still considered illegal to USA.

  • The_Doorman

    Way to go Tim!

    Loved the 4 hour work week. Can’t wait to check this out.

  • http://cheapassfiction.com/ Aelius Blythe

    Not a huge fan of Ferriss, but glad to welcome him to the torrent community anyway! It is especially nice to see authors taking a new look at file sharing.

    The writing community – only recently realizing the existence of ebook sharing – has kicked up some seriously vitriolic vigilante mobs. Embarrassing. Always good to see someone break from the mob.

  • :D

    We need more people like him embracing torrent technology, rather than fighting against it.

  • jrau18

    Should take less than four hours to download a book. Sounds about right… >_>

  • AJ

    Train by day, Joe Rogan podcast by night.. all day!

  • JO

    Tim was on the Joe Rogan Experience last night and went further in depth in his book… Check it out http://youtu.be/noMJkYQZsag

  • nanguo692

    tinyurl.com/bvc45pl

  • nggr

    TRAIN BY DAY JOE ROGAN PODCAST BY NIGHT

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  • Ophelia Millais

    Am I the only one who thought this was one of the guys from INXS?

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