http://www.briankeene.com/?p=10258
Not sure which way I sway on this one. He put up a free serial over the last couple of years, then removed it so that people who want to read it would have to pay mega-money for a ltd hardback. I'd probably have more sympathy if he put it out as an ebook as well.
Interesting also that he didn't realise that a lot of his biggest fans are also active in the pirate scene. I would have thought that would be a given for most reasonably successful writers.