My book World Wide Rave is now FREE on Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iPad, and as PDF

As a kickoff to an awesome 2013, I’ve made my book World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your Stories, free on all major ebook platforms as well as a PDF version.

This isn’t a one-time limited time thing. The book is now free and will continue to be free.

Download your copy on your favorite ebook reader or via PDF (with no registration required).

I'd be grateful if you would pass this on...

World Wide Rave free PDF download
(32 MB file, no registration required)

World Wide Rave free on Amazon Kindle
World Wide Rave free on B&N Nook
World Wide Rave free on Kobo
World Wide Rave free on your iPad

I define a World Wide Rave as when people around the world are talking about you, your company, and your products. It’s when global communities eagerly link to your stuff on the Web. It’s when online buzz drives buyers to your virtual doorstep. And it’s when tons of fans visit your Web site and your blog because they genuinely want to be there.

Since one way to generate a world wide rave is to offer something of value for free, I thought making the book totally free made sense.

I want to thank Shannon, Peter, Matt, Elana, and Brian at my publisher John Wiley & Sons for working with me on this project. Most publishers would flat out say "no way" to an authors request to make a book free. My friends at Wiley totally get the value of generating attention in this way. They understand that because more people will know my work they will consider purchasing my other (paid) books. That understanding of the new realities of publishing is why I've done my last 5 books with Wiley. There is a significant amount of work required to coordinate with Amazon (for Kindle), B&N (for Nook), Apple (for iTunes) and Kobo is takes a lot of work. Thanks guys.

Download your copy on your favorite ebook reader or via PDF now. And please pass this offer on via your social networks.

More information on World Wide Rave here.

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UPDATE January 10, 2013

My publisher is working to make World Wide Rave free outside of the United States. This is a manual process that takes a great deal of time. I'll post links as I hear about them:

World Wide Wave free on Amazon UK Kindle

Comments

[DMori]

please make this available on amazon UK store for Kindle so I can download.

Thanks
DMori

[Chris Reimer]

Wow. Go Wiley!

[David Meerman Scott]

DMori - Not sure if we can do it in the UK. However, you can certainly download the PDF.

Thanks Chris!

[Bill Gluth]

What a great gift, David. Thank you very much for your generosity.

[David Meerman Scott]

Thank you, Bill, for paying attention to my stuff. I do appreciate it.

[Michael]

Is the ipad version available for Australia?

[Raúl Colón]

Thanks for sharing even more of your knowledge with us in a way where it is accessible to everyone.

Today I got some tweets (as spam) of someone who wrote a book on someone I had blogged about multiple times.

Instead of finding a way to connect with me or others she just keeps on repeating to buy her books. I really see that she is not clear on how the publishing world is shifting.

[Krishna De]

David this is terrific news. I always include 'World Wide Rave' in my reading list for my social media workshops for a programme I deliver for PR professionals - and of course 'The New Rules of Marketing and PR'.

Thanks also to Wiley for being open to trying new ideas such as this.

Wishing you continued success in 2013.

[David Meerman Scott]

Michael - I'm checking with my publisher, but it seems to be USA only. The PDF version is available anywhere in the world.

Raul - Sadly that behavior is very common. People use old-school sales techniques on the web and it's just annoying. Thank you very much for your continued support.

Krishna - Excellent. Now you can give your participants a taste of my work for no charge!

[Jorge Conceição]

What a perfect "after" Christmas gift!I've just given a Kindle device to my son but I think I'll use it my self with your book!Thanks David!

[Michel Nizon]

Put your actions where your mouth is, that's a rare quality. I will inform my friends to help you spread your "e-book virus" in France.

[WileyBiz]

Thank you David for the great idea, kind words, and support! We're currently working with the international accounts in the hopes of making it free on all platforms in all markets (but it's a lot of coordination, as David says, and we didn't want to delay the US announcement). Our hope is for everyone to be able to read it anywhere, for free. It is ::World Wide:: Rave after all.

[JosephRatliff]

I already have every one of your books (and ebooks) David, but I will be sharing this link for sure.

Thanks for creating more value on the web, David.

[Tmonhollon]

This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing, David!

[David Meerman Scott]

Thank you Jorge, Michel, and Tmonhollan - It is my pleasure to have you read the book.

Joseph - I really appreciate your long standing and continued support of my work. Your comments make what emotionally rewarding. Thank you.

Wiley - you guys rock. Thanks so much for all the efforts!

[Brian Kevin Johnston]

David- Thank you and prosperous 2013 to you and yours! My favorite book so far has been "News Jacking", as it solidified how powerful RT web is if you leverage it's powerful forces... Blessings, Brian-

[Kent]

Thank you very much, David, appreciate that.

[A Facebook User]

Thank you so much David, your books are a wealth of knowledge and resources!! I will pass this on to share with my community as well!!

Thanks and Happy New Year!

RMSorg
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[sulman]

i read your book its really informative

[Jeremy Norton]

I have to get your book!Thanks!

[John Colley]

David

Thank you for this New Years Gift. Have FB and Tweeted to share the good news

best regards

John

[David Meerman Scott]

Thank you John & RMSorg for passing on to your networks - I appreciate the support.

[Lara]

This was one of the first books i read when i started in internet marketing. It is a well written true inspiration with a timeless message.
Thank you for making it available for free!
God Bless! :)

[iPad Application Developers]

Will definitely download the PDFs version on my iPad to check out the magazine. its better now days to download the PDFs version.