Megan Lisa Jones Holds 400,000 plus fans Captive Thanks to BitTorrent
As of April 26, 2011 ClearBits.net tracker had registered 417,575 completed downloads of Captive making Bit Torrent's first book release a huge success.
By Amy Sommer | May 04, 2011
Captive, a psychological thriller touching on terrorism, ideology and global unrest, is Westsider Megan Lisa Jones' first novel.
"I was able to build a global audience in two weeks," said Jones. "We reached across borders and traditional media boundaries and were rewarded with an engaged audience. People told me about passing the word on to their friends who in turn downloaded and read the book. And, yes, the sequel is coming in 2012."
“Captive’s numbers illustrates the demand for all types of digital content in the BitTorrent ecosystem. Progressive authors like Ms. Jones are leading the way for a new form of reader engagement, and we’re very pleased with her success,” said Shahi Ghanem, chief strategist at BitTorrent.
While the book download was free, BitTorrent encourages fans to show their support for Jones’ efforts by signing up for the sequel on Jones' site,
www.meganlisajones.com aand keeping up with Captive and her future works at
Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/captivenovel
and
Twitter: [http://twitter.com/#!/meganlisajones].
The book is also available through a variety of retailers online and off, including Amazon.
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