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Originally Posted by GeoffC
The whole exercise was, then, one of duplicitous representation. By the giving of the freebies in the form of ebooks, it implied that ebooks would continue to be offered thereafter - but at a price (fair does)...
I believe Taylor514ce made valid points in his arguments ... and spoke for many of us who were drawn in by the offer....
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Actually, I can think of a different way they may have screwed up. Remember this whole ebook-advertising-giveaway started back last winter. At the time they started, the *technical* people involved with setting up the Tor.com website may have thought they were *going* to have the Baen deal set up by the time the promotion ended. Then, they too might have been surprised by the delay on the legal side of things.
Myself, I've been sampling most of the Tor samples. A couple of them were for books or authors that I've already read in paper or through other sources. I'm finding that most of the rest are books that I wouldn't have picked up at the store. It's good to give them away to me in ebook form, because they'll sit on my drive for effectively forever, and I may try them again someday (that wouldn't happen with a paper copy, since it would eventually go out the door if I haven't read it.) And there are still a couple I haven't gotten to.
But ya know... there are Baen authors I don't like too. And the fact they're included in a webscription month doesn't make me skip that month, because there are usually others that I do want to read, or at least try. And they might get better with practice (or editorial suggestions....)