Thread: Are there publishers like Baen but for other genres?
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Old 04-25-2010, 11:05 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by Worldwalker View Post
Okay, I'm not understanding something here. I complain about the lack of a mystery publisher with the same business model (free samples, no DRM, reasonable prices) as Baen Books, and you think I'm trying to find out the name of the author of books that I have on my shelves, and specifically ones that I said I've read more than once? Either one of us is speaking Martian, or I need more caffeine than I thought I did.

Have some more coffee.

"The problem is, I generally only read them once (a few like the Brother Cadfael books being the exception)"

The Cadfael books sounded interesting to me too, so I looked them up.

"and you think I'm trying to find out the name of the author of books that I have on my shelves"

I have no knowledge of what is on your shelf, and don't know if you have the complete collection.

Then too I was trying to be helpfull - If you are searching for books under the name "Edith Pargeter" and I wanted to mention that she is " internationally known as "Ellis Peters"

So I say -"My first thought was to ask if you have checked out your library."

"and specifically ones that I said I've read more than once? "

Did you not say "(a few like the Brother Cadfael books being the exception)"

And, unfortunately, I'm not sure how knowing that a library hundreds of miles away from me

Here you are right. I had assumed that an example of one library system having any of the books that you are interested in might inspire you. (My first thought was to ask if you have checked out your library.)

After all if a library doesn't have a particular book in it's own building it may have it in their system.

has audiobooks of novels which I already own in paperback will solve the problem of there being no mystery publisher selling the ebooks

(Sigh) I have no knowledge of what is on your shelf.

I wanted to download one of those in ebook format too. With none available I figured that I could at least find out if I liked the books.

I want in a form that meets my needs and a price that fits my budget. I'm not interested in borrowing audiobooks (even if I was a patron of the relevant library); I want to buy ebooks.

Some libraries (like The Philadelphia Free library) do have ebooks (1,425 at the moment). And you don't even need to live in Pennsylvania to download them.

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I really would like to help you, but it doesn't seem like I can
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