Trent Reznor will release his collaboration with Saul Williams titled The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggytardust via NIN.com, Distributing the album for free to the consumer, thus making Radiohead’s In Rainbows move a trend.

Explaining the move, Reznor said, “There are obvious similarities in how Radiohead just released their new record and they way we’ve chosen to. After thinking about this way too much, I feel we’ve improved upon their idea in a few ways that benefit you, the consumer. You obviously will be the judge of this in the end. One thing that is very different in our situation is that Saul’s not the household name that Radiohead is, and that means we need your support on this more than ever.”

With the album November 1 at niggytardust.com, what would a digital self-release be without options? With Niggytardust, listeners who want the album have to pre-order it at the aforementioned website. Now, if folks want the album for free, no problem. They’ll receive a link via email on November 1 and the files will be 192 Kbps Mp3’s. There’s also an option to give the folks who participated in the album’s creation $5. Whoever chooses to give to the cause has a choice of 3 file types: 192 Kbps Mp3’s, 320 Kbps Mp3’s or FLAC lossless audio. Going one step further than Thom and company, all versions will include a PDF with album art and lyrics. Of course, the files will be completely devoid of DRM and encoded with Lame v3.97 as a bonus.http://www.niggytardust.com/