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Originally Posted by dsvick
I for one would love to know if this is really the case, is Baen's combination of the free library and webscriptions actually successful? Everyone keeps pointing to them as the bright shining light of how things should be done, but is it really a viable model for more than the admittedly niche market Baen is in?
Personally, I fall right into there market, so whether it is successful or not I hope they keep it up.  |
Baen's claim to currently get 10-15 percent of their entire revenue from e-books, piracy and all. Eric Flint wrote a long series of articles, describing his personal experience with increased mid-list sales due to free e-books.
From everything I've heard, they are profitable, but are limited on the paper side by a limited number of slots per month through Tor/MacMillian.
One of these days, they may try an e-book only route....