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Let us not forget that the publisher is not substituting a server for a warehouse. He is in the business of publishing and so needs that warehouse. Where his reasoning is faulty is in believing that an e-book sale results in a loss of paper book sales. Eric Flint has stated that his p-book sales go up from every free book he puts out. He clearly and I think correctly states that an author's biggest fear is obscurity, not piracy. I had never heard of Steve Jordan until I read his freebie, and now I have purchased his whole (not very big) library. Those who suffer from mental myopia are doomed to obscurity.
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