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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
I understand their *pricing scheme* fine (and not having to pay Amazon 30% for distributing their books means that they probably make about the same on a $6 book as they would on a $9. What I don't understand is that they *also* make these books available for free. So you don't have to pay even the $6.
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Every single time when we start talking about e-book pricing, DRM, about how publishers don't get it, somebody mentions Baen.
If they just quietly sold their books they would be known to a small handful of hardcore fans of hard military SF.
They give books away and many, many people here said that they had no idea that there is somebody like Baen, until somebody here mentioned their free library. They then downloades some books, discovered great authors and eventually became customers.