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Originally Posted by leebase
But the only competition I'm aware of for Baen is Tor. Sci Fi is not all that big of a genre these days.
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You can chose to look at it that way, but I am of opinion that you are running a risk of narrow vision.
In reality, and in my particular case, Baen, Tor, Penguin, Guy Gavriel Kay and and late Stieg Larsson are competing for the time in front of my mark one eyeballs and mark two reading glasses. And for my money, of course.
Their competition is "The Economist", web and TV edition of BBC World Service, Stargate Universe, the content offered on The Net in general (Mobile Read forum, as well), my computers, playstation, audio equipment... I love Sci Fi in addition to a number of other things, and my need for a book from that genre does not fall into the "absolute need" category, the one that must be satisfied, here and now.
The competition is stiff. And diverse.