Thread: There's a better way to beat the ebook pirates
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Old 04-29-2011, 02:27 PM   #539
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
I know Baen's way has attracted me as a customer. But, of course, Baen's way is legal, doing it at the authors request, with the authors EXERCISING their IP rights to participate or not.
And is SF and fantasy really a small niche? I'd have though it's probably one of the bigger and more popular genres.
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Here are some 2008 ending dollar amounts

Romance fiction: $1.37 billion in estimated revenue for 2008
Religion/inspirational: $800 million
Mystery: $668 million
Science fiction/fantasy: $551 million
Classic literary fiction: $446 million
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