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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
Then I'll buy the ARC (advance reader's copy) -- basically, an unproofed galley -- months before the official release, for $15. Let's say Baen pockets $10.50 of that (and isn't paying much in production costs -- as I understand it, the ARCs are little more than the author's raw manuscript files, which is kind of the whole point). So they're making nearly as much as they would off a physical HC even given my low estimates of production costs.
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Baen is selling ARC's? I didn't know anyone was technically "allowed" to sell an ARC. Or are you suggesting that the ARC be turned into a marketed product that people who
have to read the book ASAP can legally purchase? If that's the case, it may work; but this day and age, almost anybody can email the publisher, claim to be a review blogger and get free ARCs mailed to them.