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Originally Posted by HarryT
And of course, after sampling some of Baen's excellent free material please show your support for them by buying a few of their books. They are the "good guys" of the publishing world, publishing in open formats at sensible prices. They deserve all our support.
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Little worry about that, I think.
Baen began the Free Library as promotion for the paper editions. They were promoting
authors. Folks would download complete novels by authors in the Baen stable, discover they liked the author's work, and would buy the next book when it came out in hardcover. Titles in the author's backlist got a gratifying pop in sales as well.
Baen credits the Library with driving their transition from a struggling mass market paperback house to the thriving hardcover publisher with a 70% sell through rate.
The Free Library works.
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Dennis