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Originally Posted by moz
I think the difference is that Baen is run by someone who wants ebooks to succeed, where the traditional publishers have a working business model and (as we all know) change is bad.
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I think another big difference is Baen probably doesn't have the kind of corporate political empire-building that goes on in large enterprises. If the exec staff asks CTOs or CIOs in companies like this what it would take to do ebooks, they likely won't go for the cheapest, simplest, least disruptive method. They are likely going to see this as a way to grow their influence, power and relevance in the company. It's going to be intricate and expensive necessitating a powerful organization to run it.