i used to buy used books cheap, but if there was an author or book i really liked, i'd buy a new copy to support the author and give the used one to a friend to help spread the word.
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Originally Posted by 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!
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