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Originally Posted by BillSmithBooks
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Once that one dedicated site or network is in place, I think the ebook industry could explode. (I still maintain that DRM-free, open formats like HTML, PDF, etc. are the way to go...I think if the industry went in that direction, the migration to a mature ebook industry will be much faster...and I'm sure a lot of the scruffy little upstart publishers will realize this and move to that model more quickly since they have less to lose and a lot more to gain.)
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Oh, I agree. I like several different genre's, I can imagine a SF site that has things like newly available books, web boards, facebook pages, reviews, interview with authors. Baen already has quite a bit of that sort of thing, and has built up a very faithful following because of it over the last 15 years or so. Jim Butcher has his own web site that is very active and I'm sure other authors have the same. It's just a case of putting it all together for the convenience of the customers.