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Originally Posted by Baen Books
As many of you may be aware, Arnold Bailey took ill in May from complications from an infection and was unable to do the work he normally performed for Baen, and it is unclear if and when he could continue. So, since that time, the folks at Principled Technologies (the company of Baen author, Mark Van Name) have been operating all of Baen’s sites, handling tech support, creating and posting all Baen eBooks, and so on. They will continue to do so. To help ease the transition to Arnold’s retirement, we’ve retained him on a consulting agreement.
We’d like to thank all of the Baen Barflies and readers who have sent messages of support to Arnold, his family and to Baen, and who’ve helped keep operations on an even keel.
--Toni Weisskopf
Publisher, Baen Books
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Arnold is solely responsible for getting me into reading ebooks, first on my PC and later the availability of Baen Books drove me to buy my first ebook reader. He is a true pioneer in the ebook venue. His work with Jim Baen has lead to the only major publisher supported free online library, the only publisher to publish first run ebooks released on the same day (and often a bit earlier than) the hard bound books, and the only major publisher to publicly eschew DRM. He was a member here and he will be missed, I only hope that Baen Publishing can continue his good work.
