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Originally Posted by stustaff
Derek my imaginary future childs first drawing of him and his daddy will be worth less than a crumpled £10 note it will be less valuable.
Now to me it will be absolutely amazing and worth more than any money.
when I say Baens books are worth less and less valuable im saying that because they ARE, its not an opinion its a fact, Baen books sell for less than Macmillan books.
Macmillan wabt to protect their profits, they DO (I believe) turn over and make more profit than Baen, that means from a business/shareholder point of view they ARE more succesful.
Whilst I agree it is about money Macmillan pricing their books at $15 tells us that they believe they are worth that(or they want to destroy ebook market  ) Baen KNOW their books would not sell as well at $15 and that at $6 they will make more money! AND see an increase in the print books they sell.
Its a GREAT model for Baen! not for Macmillan. |
It's a great market for Baen, because they understand the market and have built their business accordingly. Macmillan has not, and expects the world to change to fit
their needs. Baen will be around in 10 years, I make no bets about Macmillan....