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Originally Posted by ratinox
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My third example is Baen Books. Baen, through the Baen Free Library and the Baen CDs, operates a hybrid model: give some content away with few restrictions and encouragement to redistribute, and traditionally sell the rest.
So yes, you can make a profit by giving content away, but it requires a different view of what content is in order to do it.
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I do point out that the Baen model is now in transition.
No new CDs are planned and the new entries in the Baen Free Library are first or entry point for a series. Which is what many other publishers and authors have incorporated into their marketing.