12-08-2012, 10:42 AM | #46 | |
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But one potential issue is that the bundles have traditionally included previously-released titles so I'm wondering how the new rules will impact the bundle composition. For regular buyers those titles are likely dupes but for newcomers/irregulars they're extra value. |
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12-08-2012, 11:20 AM | #47 |
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Baen Books has been struggling ever since Jim Baen died. I use to buy the monthly bundles each and every month simply because there was always at least one book that I wanted. November was the last bundle I bought and right now, it looks like March will be the next bundle. I think that Correia was the last new Baen author that I really liked. Jim Baen had a talent for spotting and developing new writers as well as a talent for connecting with the fan base.
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12-08-2012, 11:44 AM | #48 | |
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Lately there are months that NO titles appeal to me, let alone a few that would have my mouse heading to the buy button. The monthly subject type mix is just not there Baen still has quality stories, but they seemed to narrowed the focus on the target audience. |
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12-08-2012, 12:08 PM | #49 |
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BTW... the Baen Apocalypse run on my site (analogous to the run on Twinkies after the Hostess Apocalypse) is getting pretty impressive.
I'm shocked that the server has kept up. Historically, I start getting availability issues once traffic rises to over 75GB a day. The last two days were the heaviest-trafficked days on the site in its seven and a half years: over 400GB (yes, with a G) each, the last two days (I've had whole months with less traffic than that). |
12-08-2012, 12:32 PM | #50 |
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Sadly, nope, because they're made up of the single books. The site which shall not be named can see that the same books are up at 6+ for $18 and insist they be dropped to $3 or less each to match.
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12-08-2012, 02:47 PM | #51 | |
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I checked my router on Thursday after I finished downloading all the cds, December is going to be my biggest month for bandwidth ever. Just Wednesday and Thursday would be the second biggest if they were a month. bernie |
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12-09-2012, 02:08 AM | #52 | |
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12-09-2012, 09:22 PM | #53 | |
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Hmph... I bet the discount bundles of many books by one author will disappear soon!
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12-09-2012, 09:54 PM | #54 |
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I got the first 2 books in the Honor Harrington series for free at Baen. I have purchased the next 2 books in the series for $5 each. I'll probably get the rest at the same price before they go up.
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12-09-2012, 09:57 PM | #55 | |
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12-10-2012, 07:27 AM | #57 |
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There are no stupid questions, only questions it would be a mistake not to ask. If you download the .iso version, then you should either burn it to a disc or use disc-mounting software such as WinCDEmu. If you download the .zip, you just have to unzip it with your regular unzipping software (both Windows and OS X come with unzipping functionality).
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12-10-2012, 07:35 AM | #58 | |
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No need to burn a CD. |
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12-10-2012, 08:35 AM | #60 |
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Or in MacOS you just double-click and it mounts the ISO as a drive. (Although I was slightly caught out by one of David Weber's books having a name that's too long for MacOS to cope with sensibly.)
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