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kacir · 05-12-2009, 12:30 PM

I was going to vote a strong NO, but I realized that I started to read Cory Doctorow after I found out about his free books. And that IS marketing. Isn't it?
Also think about Baen, and other books you wouldn't have found if there was not free e-book.

05-12-2009, 12:30 PM	#20
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,463 Karma: 10684861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	I was going to vote a strong NO, but I realized that I started to read Cory Doctorow after I found out about his free books. And that IS marketing. Isn't it? Also think about Baen, and other books you wouldn't have found if there was not free e-book. Last edited by kacir; 05-12-2009 at 12:46 PM.