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Little Brother: the remixable, DRM-free audiobook

My next novel, Little Brother, officially goes on sale today! In addition to the US print edition, there's a DRM-free audio edition (there's also forthcoming editions in the UK, Greece, Russia, France and Norway, with others pending) from Random House Audio. My deal with Random House is that they're absolutely not allowed to sell the book with DRM on it, which, sadly, means that Audible (the largest audiobook store in the world) won't carry it -- they insist on selling books with DRM, even when authors and publishers don't want it.

Instead, you can buy the audiobook from Zipidee, a retailer that Random House uses -- they have the spiffy embeddable Flash sales-object you see above (feel free to paste it into your own blog or whatnot), and there's also this static URL for those of you who can't use Flash.

The audiobook comes with my own sampling license: once you own it, you're free to take up to 30 minutes' worth of material from it and remix and then redistribute it as much as you like, provided that you do so on a noncommercial basis, make sure that it's clear that this is a remix and not the original, and make sure that you tell people where to find the original. This is in addition to all the fair use remixing that you're allowed to do without my permission (of course!).

I'll also be releasing (as always!) a free, Creative Commons-licensed version of the text of Little Brother, just as soon as I get back to London (I'm presently in Toronto, visiting my family with my newborn daughter). It'll likely be Monday or so -- there's a bunch of little clean-uppy things I need to do with the Little Brother distribution site that I need to be in my office with uninterrupted time to accomplish.

Link to audiobook, Link to buy Little Brother

10 Responses to “Little Brother: the remixable, DRM-free audiobook”

1. Tim says:

   April 29, 2008 at 6:35 am

   $20 for twelve hours of Cory Doctorow? After years of free podcasts? Sold. Downloading now.
2. Tim says:

   April 29, 2008 at 6:39 am

   Eep - 12 hours in one file? Luckily iTunes has a simple fix for this:

   1. Select "File: Get Info"
   2. Navigate to "Options" tab
   3. Tick "Remember playback position"

   That ought to work.
3. Daniel Yokomizo says:

   April 29, 2008 at 7:27 am

   Any chance for a version where you read it? I've been following your podcasts and found that the author reads the book in a way that I like much more than another person.
4. Natalie Ford says:

   April 29, 2008 at 9:58 am

   I saw this and thought of you! ;-p
5. Little Brother « Command Line says:

   April 29, 2008 at 6:38 pm

   [...] encourage you to pick up your own copy, in your favorite format, right away. You can find details on the launch at Cory’s site and you can buy the book in audio or dead tree formats. The link to the free electronic text is not [...]
6. The Dude Abides says:

   April 29, 2008 at 10:24 pm

   Thanks Cory for the audiobook without DRM. I Have many of your books via electronic copies and wanted the audiobook of your latest. Always willing to give money for a great value. Keep up the good work.
7. Danny says:

   May 1, 2008 at 4:33 am

   Cory, got the book and the audiobook. Excellent work! I had the countdown embedded on my blog, and tried to embed the zipdee thing, but it's too wide for the sidebar in blogger. Can you post a thinner version for us blogger users to embed?

   Also, which benefits you more; purchasing the book on Amazon, or in a book store?

   Thanks for the non-DRM'ed audio.
8. Louanne Jacobs says:

   May 1, 2008 at 9:05 am

   I just finished reading and reviewing an advance reading copy of "Little Brother" for Myshelf.com I am so glad that yesterday was a day in which I could put other work aside, because I spent the day in the thrall of the novel. I am also glad that I can type with one hand, because I couldn't put the book down long enough to explore all of the web references. I ran out this morning to my local bookstore to buy copies to send to my son in Chicago and three friends who MUST read the book (just not my copy!). BRAVO!!!
9. I got a letter from Amazon/Audible « Ifblog (ponderings 2.0) says:

   June 14, 2008 at 8:52 am

   [...] doesn’t sound right, if you are, why do you insist on using DRM even when the author requests otherwise? Audiobooks purchased on Audible.com can be played on over 600 AudibleReady devices [...]
10. Kenzoid’s Autonomous Zone » Blog Archive » Another good day for mymedia says:

    March 30, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    [...] etext will be available in the next few days (Cory’s on vacation right now), and the DRM-free audiobook is already available for purchase. Cory walks the walk, and it’s much appreciated. The ebook will grace my N770 along with all [...]

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