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Originally Posted by calvin-c
That's going to keep me away from the site even though I've already got all of Bujold's works that I'm interested in. It's up to the author, not the site. Even if she did allow her ebooks to be freely distributed she still has the right to say where (and how) that distribution will take place. These are her books, it's her right, and if the site thinks differently-as the quote implies-then it's not a place that deserves support.
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What?
I don't see anything negative in the quote. It's a simple explanation that they're respecting the author's wishes. They probably wanted a blanket explanation so they could stop answering individual questions.
And, if you sign a contract allowing free distribution, you've signed a contract allowing free distribution. You've literally and deliberately signed away the right to have any say in where or how your books are distributed. Bujold is lucky that Baen is very respectful of authorial whims.