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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
It doesn't matter how many unauthorized copies are floating around--what matters is how to get paid for as many as possible. And they can do that with low prices & user convenience.
Any big-name publisher could try an experiment: pick three dozen authors of equal rankings (however they rank them internally); offer half of those authors' works under the current glitchy ebook system, and the other half under Baen's system. Wait one year and tabulate the results.
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It's like publishers begin concerned about how many books are being loaned or resold-and I agree that some *are* concerned about that, but have never really understood why. As you say, better name recognition-no matter what the source-should lead to increased sales. (Well, as long as the recognition is for something good. I suppose that someone who know that he's publishing trash might want to keep tight control over who can read his books. But that would be an anomaly, I hope.)