Thread: Priced to Sell: Is the Future Free?
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Old 07-04-2009, 09:52 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by netseeker View Post
I guess now you are missing the point - at least a little bit. These developers earn a salary because their companies sell services and complimentary goods around the free products. Wouldn't this be possible for eBooks too?
Frankly, I see this as being a far more realistic and "workable" model going forward than the "I can get it for free so you should be willing to accept whatever I give as payment" model.

Who know's if it would work or not but at least it seems a much fairer way of going about things.

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