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Originally Posted by pwalker8
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I think that Apple has shown the way for the book industry. On iTunes, I can listen to 30 seconds of a song, enough for me to decide if I might be interested in the song, plus the individual songs are priced at a price point that most people are willing to take a chance on someone that they don’t know.
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Oh, I have all sorts of ideas of how I would put together such a store. It’s not rocket science and if you focus on what the consumer wants rather than what’s the minimum you can get away with, it’s all pretty obvious.
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What you describe is pretty darn close to what Baen does with their electronic sales. 25% of the book available online as a free sample. Open formats, no DRM. Reasonable prices -- less than a paperback
even when the book is only in hardcover. Good deals on bundles of books.
Too bad the rest of the industry won't give it a try.
I wish they would...
