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Xenophon · 10-23-2010, 05:45 PM

The attractively priced multi-book bundle is a stroke of genius! When I'm considering four to eight books for the price of 2.5, I consider* the bundle any time it contains at least two books I know I want -- the other 1/2-a-book price is the "maybe I'll like one of the others" cost. I'd do the same with other SF and Fantasy houses, if only I could! Hint. Hint! [Xenophon picks up clue-bat and starts whaling away on some other publishers, screaming: "Sell me more good stuff at nice prices!!!"]

And it works! Most of the Baen authors I read today are folks I'd have passed up in the bookstore. I wound up with one or more of their books as part of a bundle. And the number of authors I look for has gone up. And up. And... well, more and more of them are published by Baen. It's not because Baen has all the good authors, either. Rather because that bundle thing gets more of Baen's authors' work into my hands.

Xenophon

*Consider? Heck, I just buy the bundle if there're two or more books I want. The extra $3 once a month is way waaaay less than I spend on coffee, for pete's sake!

10-23-2010, 05:45 PM	#8
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,487 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	The attractively priced multi-book bundle is a stroke of genius! When I'm considering four to eight books for the price of 2.5, I consider* the bundle any time it contains at least two books I know I want -- the other 1/2-a-book price is the "maybe I'll like one of the others" cost. I'd do the same with other SF and Fantasy houses, if only I could! Hint. Hint! [Xenophon picks up clue-bat and starts whaling away on some other publishers, screaming: "Sell me more good stuff at nice prices!!!"] And it works! Most of the Baen authors I read today are folks I'd have passed up in the bookstore. I wound up with one or more of their books as part of a bundle. And the number of authors I look for has gone up. And up. And... well, more and more of them are published by Baen. It's not because Baen has all the good authors, either. Rather because that bundle thing gets more of Baen's authors' work into my hands. Xenophon Consider? Heck, I just buy* the bundle if there're two or more books I want. The extra $3 once a month is way waaaay less than I spend on coffee, for pete's sake! Last edited by Xenophon; 10-23-2010 at 05:47 PM. Reason: clarify "consider"