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Has anyone looked at the front page of the free library? It was written in 2000. There is a main section called "prime palaver" that hasn't been updated since 2002. There were no ebooks added to the free library this year.
That simply begs the question about Baen's adherence to the power of the free ebook. Baen is lauded time and again on this forum, and I've always felt "for good reason".
I just don't see any material "post success of the kindle" and wondered if there had been any sort of change of opinion on the topic.
Clearly, they are still selling DRM free ebooks for $6 at the same time as the hard backs are presented for sale. As well as Webscriptions for $15 a month that contain 4 or 5 ebooks plus parts of forthcoming new releases. And they still are putting out CD's in those hard covers that have lots of free ebooks -- including free ebooks of NEW books (including all of the Honor Harrington series, for example). And they haven't shut down the Fifth Imperium site.
So, I was just a bit confused. I am a paying Baen customer because of the Baen Free Library, so I have a "gut feeling" that their practice works. But really -- ALL of the Honor Harrington series (something near 20 books) for free? I ended up buying a few just because I felt guilty that so many had been given away.
Lee
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