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Originally Posted by queentess
Baen allows free books to be downloaded from it's site. As I understand it, even though Baen is offering the books for free, I cannot host and share those files. Instead, I should point someone directly to Baen for downloading.
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Not entirely true.
The Baen Free Library exists in two forms: the books available from Baen's website, and selections included on CDs that are bound into selected Baen hardcover releases. There are many books that have been included on the CDs but
not listed in the Free Library page on Baen's site.
A site called
baencd.thefifthimperium.org has
all of the released CDs available as ISO images and massive zip archives. The site also has a search function that will let you find and extract an individual book. This is done with the full knowledge and permission of Baen Books. (The CDs all state explicitly "May be copied and shared, but
not sold." The site is simply sharing them.) The proprietor is a member of MobileRead and posts occasionally.
The Free Library selections are integrated with the Webscriptions site these days, inter-mingled with ebooks Baen offers for sale. I suspect Baen prefers you simply link to them instead of hosting yourself so that the for sale stuff is also presented. (The Free Library is promotion, after all, intended to introduce you to authors with other work you might want to
buy...
)
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Dennis