November report: China imports U.S. author's mp3 downloads

Nov. 29, 2010 - PRLog -- ROCKFORD, Illinois - A U.S. writer checked his monthly stats from his web site and saw a strange and surprising trend: in November, 2010, a large amount of his traffic is coming from mp3 chapter downloads of his novel from, of all places, China.

Doug Shiloh is the author of "Pookoo", a novel Brewza.com called "a brilliantly written satirical look at our society's celebrity obsession."

"I'm very pleased by the activity," Shiloh said. "As a writer you want to create what can go across borders of all types. You have to write about people in an honest, interesting way. I've always had good e-book download activity outside of the U.S., but this is a firm trend where the audio chapters are coming from China. It's a real kick, exporting to China. The obvious, as with other countries, is that my voice has reached the shores of China. Now where can I take that?"

The web site showed 100 downloads of Chapter 2 which is titled "Personal Ground Zero", prompting Shiloh to record Chapter 3 (titled "The Field House.") So far, Chapters One through Three are available for free from Shiloh's web site (http://www.dlshiloh.com). The PDF e-book of the quirky novel is also available.

"Pookoo's" global audience has downloaded the book 3,500 times so far. It is also available as a Kindle e-book and as a paperback from Amazon.com.

"We'll see what happens with the numbers," Shiloh said. Usually the heaviest traffic comes from the United States. "I may just have to record Chapter 4."

The novel is about an ex-athlete in Chicago, circa 1991, who rises to second fame in a sex scandal at the beginning of the Internet age.

Shiloh is currently editing a second novel about the American scene.

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