My emphasis:
Coelho’s website is here. He also updates a personal blog daily here, where he links to a site that has pointers to pirated copies of all of his books. When I asked him why, he says it’s because it helps sell more books. People like to read a little of the pirated versions, he tells me, but then they buy the book.
via Paulo Coelho: “MySpace Is My Wife, Facebook Is My Mistress†.