Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesWorldwide bestseller and self-admitted social media addict, Paulo Coelho talks today with Julie Bosman about the success he's had and how giving his work away for free has helped him.

Sure, he was afraid when he got a call from his publisher, but everything worked out fine. His view comes down to something like, if it's going to be pirated anyway, why not control that myself?

Ask yourself the same question: if your ideal world involves people taking your work out of the library to read it for free, why not help them get it free now, especially if you know it makes people more likely to give your work a try?

In any case, here's the interview with and article about Coelho. Enjoy!