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Originally Posted by Happ
So, my verdict is that Baen has not gone bust yet just because it is publishing trade paperbacks and there is money in this. Without that, Baen would cease to exist. So if e-books become more a more common and trade paperbacks more and more cumbersome, Baen will go bust. Unless it changes its business model.
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Baen publishes hardbacks, trade paperbacks, mass-market paperbacks and ebooks.
It makes money from all of these, and over the past ten years the proportion from ebooks has been steadily increasing, although still very much a small percentage.
If ebooks become more and more common and trade paperbacks more and more cumbersome, I expect Baen to continue to make money as ebook income increases and paperback income decreases.