Author Paulo Coelho Celebrates 100 Million copies sold with Virtual reader exhibition

Celebrated author Paulo Coelho (coincidentally also published by my publisher Harper Collins) posted the first part of an ongoing tribute with a virtual gallery featuring readers faces/his books online blogged by Joyce Schwarz, www.hollywood2020.blogs.com and www.visionboard.info

If for some insane reason you don't know Coelho --THE ALCHEMIST -- etc etc, etc!  go to: www.paulocoelho.com.br/engl/ - 2k - Cached

Paulo Coelho via webcam on his site announcing the new virtual gallery of readers faces/his books. "Don't worry about quality he says- worry about quality of the heart! AMAZING stuff.

HERE IS AN ACTUAL CAPTURE OF COELHO's note to his readers:

See JPEGs above for screen capture of partial pix in author Paulo Coelho's virtual gallery of covers celebrating 100 million copies sold!

Dear readers,

I wish to make a virtual exhibition for the 100 Million Copies sold. And invite you to participate.Based on an idea that I saw in an exhibition in Aviles - dedicated to the 20th anniversary of my book The Alchemist - I would like to extend it to the virtual space and invite you to take part.

The idea of this physical exhibition that I saw in Aviles (and that will be reproduced in Milan this week) is the following: a reader would pose for a picture holding his/her favorite book of mine.

Please then take a picture of yourself holding your favorite book of mine and send to us.You should include in your email your name and country and send it to the following email address:

[email protected] (don’t worry about the quality).

CONGRATULATIONS -- now if I had not given away his books to a pal -- I would have one to take a pix of -- oh well, better that they be read again and again! js.