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I agree that times have changed. eBooks are no longer secondary. If you give me the eBook, you aren't going to get me to buy the hard cover. The eBook is what I want. Authors don't have concerts to make money from. They make money selling their works. Giving away the thing that makes you money....not the "sure fire" way to win.
If I had a long series, I could see giving the first book or two away. After that, I think I'd just put up the first half of a book for free. If folks like it, they buy it. If not, they should know by half way through the book.
If an author offeres me their work for free, I pretty much accept it and say thank you. I don't pirate books even though I can get them just as easily. I find that morally wrong. So giving away ebooks is not a cure to piracy IMHO. Sure, some folks will just get the book free no matter what you do.
I've thought Baen needed to rethink the Free Library for some time, and have told them so.
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