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Originally Posted by Xenophon
Baen has bound CDs with ebooks on them into hardcovers something like 18 times in the past few years. Those CDs typically include: - The complete set of eBooks of all prior books in that series.
- Other books by the same author.
- Books by other Baen authors that are likely to interest purchasers of the hardcover in question.
- (Sometimes) The eBook of the hardcover containing the CD. It's a "sometimes" because of the interaction of publishing schedules and CD pressing schedules -- the final text of the book may not be ready early enough to include on the CD.
You can find the CDs on line if you look around a bit. And those aren't "pirate" copies either -- they're up with the publisher's blessing!
Xenophon
P.S. The presence online of free, no-DRM copies of many Baen books does not appear to interfere with sales of either dead-tree or electronic copies of those books! People who like a series have a strong tendency to support the author (and publisher!) by actually purchasing copies/bits of the previous entries in the series, even though they've got free copies/bits -- yes, they really do buy copies of bits they've already gotten for free. The key is the combination of a product people want with pricing that is perceived as being fair! |
that cool that goes to me not knowing. I would still think downloading the book is better then a cd with the book as you could read it till it gets to you for people that want it now. the one thing I do know now thou when I get a reader I will be buying from baen.