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Old 12-17-2007, 01:36 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by mrkai View Post
I didn't see a single author I recognized in the whole of Baen's very small catalog.

I think this is what I'd call a "big tell".
I you read much SF and Fantasy, you'll recognize their authors. If you don't, you wont. Shrug. No offense taken, as I'm sure none was intended.

The point I was trying to make is that they are a content provider. A respected (if small) part of the publishing industry. They have a sane (from the customer's point of view) eBook policy. And they don't have a piracy problem!

Some have argued that this is because they are 'too small' and their books 'aren't popular enough.' Well... They put multiple books on the NYT bestsellers list each year. (Aside: They do so in numbers that are the envy of much larger publishers, as a matter of fact.) And they don't have a piracy problem with those bestselling books, either.

They make a good example exactly because they sit on the publisher/content-provider side of the fence, just like the big guys. And they make a dandy existence proof that sane, consumer friendly policies do NOT lead to piracy.

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