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Old 05-13-2014, 01:06 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
There were plenty of places to get books back then (before Sony, Amazon, etc) besides Baen, PD or Pirating.

Fictionwise
Books on Board
Diesel
CyberRead
PaperbackDigital
etc.

Most publishers had ebook stores back then too.
It depends on how you define as back then. I define back then as back then, when Baen was starting up and I was reading on a palm pilot.

Fictionwise - June 2000
Diesel - 2004
Not sure about the others, but I'm pretty sure that none predated Baen and most had a slim selection. I'm not sure about most publishers. I can't think of any SF&F publishers who had their own ebook store, other than Baen. Tor used Baen for a bit,
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