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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Given that publishers aren't into trying much, I doubt they would follow Baen's model (or anyone else's model). Baen has been doing non-DRMd books at reasonable prices for a while. They've posted that it works for them. No they haven't posted numbers or profits--but I'm guessing they would *stop* doing it if it *didn't* work for them.
Baen is one of the few publishers out there that tries things. Not all of them succeed (Baen's Universe comes to mind; a recent attempt to reach the short story market.)
Yes, they are niche, just as indie authors are niche. And not everything I do would work at a large publisher. The kicker is: They don't seem to be trying *anything.*
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Well, they are trying things . They just aren't trying things MRers like , because they are actually responsible for the livelihoods of thousands of people and are responsible to millions of stockholders. When that's the case, you are pretty circumscribed about what you can do. Betting lots of money on the Baen model when you don't actually know what the Baen's finances are is apparently one of the things you don't do- and I can't say as I blame them.