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Originally Posted by fjtorres
As long as the price fixing scheme is in place I'm not buying *any* books, print or e-, except from Baen..
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I love Baen. I love the Baen Free Library, and webscriptions (bought 2 so far) -- and I love their general attitude with ebooks.
However, that would all be meaningless if I didn't like the Baen authors: Eric Flint and David Weber to name just two. Thanks to their free ebook promos, I have about 170 free ebooks q'd up. Even so, I still have bought ebooks from Baen because I wanted the latest Honor Harrington and 1632 series books.
David Weber also writes for Tor. Tor does NOT have the attitude toward ebooks that Baen has. But I'm still going to read the Safehold books by David Weber. The latest is coming out next month. I could go for years reading the free ebooks I have stored up, but I WANT to read the next Safehold book.
I sincerely doubt that very many folks with not buy a book by an author they want to read JUST because it's published by McMillan. Just like I have always hated to read hard back books at any price. They are just too big and bulky. I preferred paper backs. And yet, for my favorite authors I bought the hard back because I didn't want to wait.
Now Baen will get more of my business because their enlightened attitude has allowed me to become a fan of authors I'd never have read. I had never read Eric Flint nor David Weber until I came across the Baen Free Library. Now I'm hooked and am reading their entire set of books.
But Tom Clancy? I don't even know who is publisher is, and I don't care. Same with Alex Cross books by James Patterson. I'm a fan. I'll buy their books.
Lee