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Old 12-18-2009, 09:45 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
Not quite true. Eric Flint is not pirated because he makes all his books available for free as e-books over time. He found that that led to more P-book sales over time, than not releasing his e-books for free. He tried that with one book as an experiment for Jim Baen back in the '90s. Economically, that model works. (at least currently). Some people (like me) still pitch in the 4 bucks anyway.... NYT's David Pouge is just figuring this out 10 years later. (Of course, he wouldn't be caught dead reading popular trash....)
Yeah, but wth is Eric Flint? Certainly no John Irving or Dan Brown?
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