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Old 11-28-2010, 07:56 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
I know Baen is popular among some e-book readers, but is Baen notably more successful than other publishers? Is there any published data on earnings, profits, etc?
AFAIK Baen is a private company, and has no obligations to release its financials.

It's unclear how well they're doing. The best we can say for the moment is they still exist. Offhand I'd assume they are at least turning a profit, otherwise they'd likely be looking for someone to buy them out.

FWIW, Harlequin is private but releases figures -- close to $500 million in sales in 2009, with an operating profit of around $80 million.
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