Why I like baen

jbcohen · 02-21-2012, 01:05 PM

Their electronic book store seems to have their customer's interests at heart. There typical book price is $5 much lower then the typical general paperback market price of $10. And if you buy the books in bundles the per book price can get as low as approximatly $3 a book.

Apache · 02-21-2012, 02:15 PM

I buy as much of my Sci Fi as I can get from Baen.
Apache

CRussel · 02-21-2012, 02:33 PM

As do many of us. Not only are the prices good, but their whole attitude about DRM is exemplary, and they make it very easy to try a new author without a huge investment.

crich70 · 02-21-2012, 03:28 PM

What I like is their assortment of books in their 'free library.' You can get a good selection without having to invest a lot of $ just there never mind the low prices on their other books.

RDaneel54 · 02-21-2012, 04:26 PM

Baenbooks is great. I discovered Honor Harrington there. A series that did not bankrupt me because of their reasonable rates.

No DRM makes it doubly good.

ebusinesstutor · 02-21-2012, 06:13 PM

Yes, Baen is an excellent example of a publisher publishes print books but who also "gets" ebooks.

If only the other publishers would learn from them.

Apache · 02-21-2012, 06:23 PM

Jim Baen was different from the beginning when he founded Baen Books. It is nice to see they are still far seeing even after his death.
Apache

jbcohen · 02-22-2012, 07:16 AM

Now I am dating myself a little bit when I say that there was a time when most publishers sold a quality product and charged a fair price for it and everyone was happy. Somewhere along the path to the modern era that all changed now publishers sell crippled products of questionable products frequently at rates doubble what they were in days long ago. I am cosntantly looking for companies that have not forgotten the older practices.

HarryT · 02-23-2012, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

Now I am dating myself a little bit when I say that there was a time when most publishers sold a quality product and charged a fair price for it and everyone was happy. Somewhere along the path to the modern era that all changed now publishers sell crippled products of questionable products frequently at rates doubble what they were in days long ago. I am cosntantly looking for companies that have not forgotten the older practices.

Really? I've been reading eBooks since "the beginning" (the earlly 1980s) and I don't remember prices ever being significantly lower than they are now. When do you consider this "golden age" to have existed?

jbcohen · 02-23-2012, 02:13 PM

Not but a few years ago most books were $8 max, now the average is $11.

HarryT · 02-23-2012, 02:24 PM

Perhaps your experience differs, but the majority of the books that I buy cost £4-5, which is about $6-8.

jbcohen · 02-25-2012, 10:13 AM

If we all vote with the power of our pocket books and buy from companies like Baen other publishers will take notice and hopefully emulate baen's model. I understand that not everyone likes sci-fi books.

BillSmithBooks · 02-25-2012, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

If we all vote with the power of our pocket books and buy from companies like Baen other publishers will take notice and hopefully emulate baen's model. I understand that not everyone likes sci-fi books.

I am in full agreement.

I don't think we'll get the big dumb publishers to wise up by complaining. Instead, we get them to wise up by pushing the smaller independents who get it to the top of the best-seller lists...and encouraging our friends to do the same.

The big publishers will not get it until they have been thoroughly (and appropriately) completely marginalized by the upstarts.

Quelch · 02-26-2012, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

I understand that not everyone likes sci-fi books.

Am I one of those, of the approximately two thousand eBooks I have on my computers, four or five of them are not Sci-Fi !

Thanks for posting about BaenBooks, I'll give them an on-line visit

gbm · 02-26-2012, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Quelch

Am I one of those, of the approximately two thousand eBooks I have on my computers, four or five of them are not Sci-Fi !

Thanks for posting about BaenBooks, I'll give them an on-line visit

Here is the link for the Baen Free Library

bernie

02-21-2012, 01:05 PM	#1
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Why I like baen Their electronic book store seems to have their customer's interests at heart. There typical book price is $5 much lower then the typical general paperback market price of $10. And if you buy the books in bundles the per book price can get as low as approximatly $3 a book.

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Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,277 Karma: 90000484 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	I buy as much of my Sci Fi as I can get from Baen. Apache

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CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	As do many of us. Not only are the prices good, but their whole attitude about DRM is exemplary, and they make it very easy to try a new author without a huge investment.

02-21-2012, 03:28 PM	#4
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	What I like is their assortment of books in their 'free library.' You can get a good selection without having to invest a lot of $ just there never mind the low prices on their other books.

02-21-2012, 04:26 PM	#5
RDaneel54 Aging Positronic Brain Posts: 633 Karma: 2155452 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Aurora (when off-Earth) Device: Amazon Oasis; iPhone, iPad Mini	Baenbooks is great. I discovered Honor Harrington there. A series that did not bankrupt me because of their reasonable rates. No DRM makes it doubly good.

02-21-2012, 06:13 PM	#6
ebusinesstutor Star Gawker Posts: 526 Karma: 6944314 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Spruce Grove, AB Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Yes, Baen is an excellent example of a publisher publishes print books but who also "gets" ebooks. If only the other publishers would learn from them.

02-21-2012, 06:23 PM	#7
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,277 Karma: 90000484 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	Jim Baen was different from the beginning when he founded Baen Books. It is nice to see they are still far seeing even after his death. Apache

02-22-2012, 07:16 AM	#8
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Now I am dating myself a little bit when I say that there was a time when most publishers sold a quality product and charged a fair price for it and everyone was happy. Somewhere along the path to the modern era that all changed now publishers sell crippled products of questionable products frequently at rates doubble what they were in days long ago. I am cosntantly looking for companies that have not forgotten the older practices.

02-23-2012, 02:13 PM	#10
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Not but a few years ago most books were $8 max, now the average is $11.

02-23-2012, 02:24 PM	#11
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Perhaps your experience differs, but the majority of the books that I buy cost £4-5, which is about $6-8.

02-25-2012, 10:13 AM	#12
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	If we all vote with the power of our pocket books and buy from companies like Baen other publishers will take notice and hopefully emulate baen's model. I understand that not everyone likes sci-fi books.

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