Baen's Mission of Honor CD is now available

Dahak · 06-20-2010, 04:12 PM

I have made the book bound-in promotional CD for Baen's newly released David Weber's Honor Harrington novel available on my site.

You can find it at http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/.

It's free. It's legal.

Note:
I have not uploaded an ISO yet, as the source for the CD was a ZIP of the CD FTP'ed to me and I do not yet have an original of the CD.

speedtouch · 06-20-2010, 05:11 PM

Thank you so much. I just found your site the other day from a thread here at MR. Your site is so awesome, I can't thank you enough for hosting these CDs.

Critteranne · 06-20-2010, 10:20 PM

Yay! Not only more books, but a Baen screensaver I didn't have yet!

So I'll have tropical fish on my laptop and exploding spaceships on the desktop. I just hope they don't mate, or I'll end up with exploding tropical fish. Eww.

Ankh · 06-20-2010, 10:28 PM

Wow, they packed ARC version of "Mission of Honor" on the CD.

Dahak, thank you very, very much for hosting these CD's. Have some karma.

sabredog · 06-21-2010, 12:55 AM

Superb! Many thanks!

Dellaster · 06-21-2010, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dahak

I have made the book bound-in promotional CD for Baen's newly released David Weber's Honor Harrington novel available on my site.

It was the bound-in promotional CD for Weber's At All Costs (Nov. 2005) that got me started with ebooks. (Wow, it's been 4.5 years already.) I've purchased many Baen ebooks since, unquestionably more than I ever would have in paper, so I guess the strategy worked in my case.

Thank you, Dahak, for hosting them.

Worldwalker · 06-21-2010, 05:15 AM

Their strategy has certainly worked on me. Once I bought all the books I wanted and don't have in any form as ebooks, I started in on replacing my Baen pbooks with ebooks. I'm dreaming of the day when my shelves aren't double-layered. Hey, it could happen!

sabredog · 06-21-2010, 07:20 AM

Baen stands out as the model that others need to follow. Inexpensive US$6 non DRM, no GR multi-format ebooks. You buy the title and thus can access any format. Webscription monthy release bundles for US$15.

ARC (advanced reader copies)available for US$15 if you desperately need to read the next book in the series.

Free library etc....

Damn fine!

nashira · 06-21-2010, 02:14 PM

I don't even read that much Sci-Fi and Baen makes me want to hug it.

They need a mascot in plushie form. Because they are wonderful.

cbarnett · 06-22-2010, 12:36 AM

Awesome stuff!

I bought the MoH ARC back in January, and didn't regret a cent of it. I'll be sure to grab the updated version on 1st July when it comes out too. In the meantime, these CD's are full of amazing goodness.

AnemicOak · 06-22-2010, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbarnett

I bought the MoH ARC back in January, and didn't regret a cent of it.

Same here. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Dahak · 06-22-2010, 10:30 PM

You guys thanking me should really just drop a note to Baen, thanking them.

I just host the things (and they know all about my little site).

Traffic was pretty heavy the last two days... you all managed to push up to a 'really heavy' traffic day of about 45GB on Sunday, despite how late in the afternoon I left the post, and it looks like about 90GB of traffic yesterday.

Aside from one or two days where some rogue bots crawled my server onto its knees (130GB+), I think this is the traffic record.

I have unlimited traffic on my hosting plan, so no one needs to worry about my traffic loads.

The regular traffic is usually under 20GB/day, with only the occasional spikes when new CDs arrive. I don't think I'm in any danger of needing to change from my cheap hosting plan.

speedtouch · 06-23-2010, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ankh

Wow, they packed ARC version of "Mission of Honor" on the CD.

Dahak, thank you very, very much for hosting these CD's. Have some karma.

What is this ARC version you speak of?

Nate the great · 06-23-2010, 10:12 AM

ARC = Advanced Reader Copy

JSWolf · 06-23-2010, 10:21 AM

Wonderful news. I really like the Honerverse books.

06-20-2010, 04:12 PM	#1
Dahak Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 1031580 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony PRS-505(LC) & Rocket eBook	Baen's Mission of Honor CD is now available I have made the book bound-in promotional CD for Baen's newly released David Weber's Honor Harrington novel available on my site. You can find it at http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/. It's free. It's legal. Note: I have not uploaded an ISO yet, as the source for the CD was a ZIP of the CD FTP'ed to me and I do not yet have an original of the CD. Last edited by Dahak; 06-20-2010 at 05:14 PM.

06-21-2010, 07:20 AM	#8
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,629 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	Baen stands out as the model that others need to follow. Inexpensive US$6 non DRM, no GR multi-format ebooks. You buy the title and thus can access any format. Webscription monthy release bundles for US$15. ARC (advanced reader copies)available for US$15 if you desperately need to read the next book in the series. Free library etc.... Damn fine! Last edited by sabredog; 06-21-2010 at 07:22 AM.

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speedtouch eBook Newbie Posts: 373 Karma: 1724 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Thank you so much. I just found your site the other day from a thread here at MR. Your site is so awesome, I can't thank you enough for hosting these CDs.

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sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,629 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	Superb! Many thanks!

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Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	Their strategy has certainly worked on me. Once I bought all the books I wanted and don't have in any form as ebooks, I started in on replacing my Baen pbooks with ebooks. I'm dreaming of the day when my shelves aren't double-layered. Hey, it could happen!

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06-22-2010, 12:36 AM	#10
cbarnett MR prodigal son Posts: 1,085 Karma: 1083739 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Awesome stuff! I bought the MoH ARC back in January, and didn't regret a cent of it. I'll be sure to grab the updated version on 1st July when it comes out too. In the meantime, these CD's are full of amazing goodness.

06-22-2010, 10:30 PM	#12
Dahak Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 1031580 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony PRS-505(LC) & Rocket eBook	You guys thanking me should really just drop a note to Baen, thanking them. I just host the things (and they know all about my little site). Traffic was pretty heavy the last two days... you all managed to push up to a 'really heavy' traffic day of about 45GB on Sunday, despite how late in the afternoon I left the post, and it looks like about 90GB of traffic yesterday. Aside from one or two days where some rogue bots crawled my server onto its knees (130GB+), I think this is the traffic record. I have unlimited traffic on my hosting plan, so no one needs to worry about my traffic loads. The regular traffic is usually under 20GB/day, with only the occasional spikes when new CDs arrive. I don't think I'm in any danger of needing to change from my cheap hosting plan.

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	ARC = Advanced Reader Copy

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,987 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Wonderful news. I really like the Honerverse books.

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