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Originally Posted by taosaur
While I was taking a bit of a cheap shot at Baen for being less than selective about who and what they publish, my salient point was more that they've built much of their following on unorthodox distribution models, like the "webscriptions." Citing them as an example of traditional publishing seems a bit like citing Segway as a traditional transportation company.
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Baen publish paperbacks and hardbacks that are distributed via Simon and Schuster's network, and are available, as they say, in all good book shops.
They are most definitely a traditional publisher. So traditional, in fact, that they still have a slush pile.
They are also innovative in the electronic book sphere, having produced ebook versions of all(?) their releases since 1999. But that doesn't change the fact that they are a traditional publisher.