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Originally Posted by stonetools
Look , the success of Baen is a wonderful thing, but so long as its the ONLY significant success, well, its a hard thing to bet a whole industry, that supports millions of authors and related personnel, on a model that hasn't enjoyed widespread success.
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Baen is not the only success; it's just the first one, and the one that proves its methods are viable over time. Several other science fiction publishing houses are following in their footsteps including Double Dragon, Apex, and Angry Robot.
O'Reilly's been publishing computer ebooks without DRM for 2 1/2 years, and they've seen increases in sales, and
bigger e-increases than print losses. After 18 months, their
ebook sales had more than doubled.
Several romance & erotica publishers are DRM-free: Samhain, Torquere, Loose Id, Carina (Harlequin's new digital line), Dreamspinner, Circlet (science fiction & fantasy erotica), Ellora's Cave, Amber Quill and dozens of others... these are all going strong.
General publishers that are offering non-DRM'd ebooks include BeWrite, AKW, BooksforaBuck, and Zumaya, and a growing number of tiny companies that are, apparently, making a living selling non-DRM'd ebooks.