Traumwind - Another reason to buy Baen Books

After a year and a half of the Baen Free Library, which offers e-books for free, the founders have statistics which indicate that free downloads lead to increased sales of their print books. "The Library's track record shows clearly that the traditional 'encryption/enforcement' policy which has been followed thus far by most of the publishing industry is just plain stupid, as well as unconscionable from the viewpoint of infringing on personal liberties," says Eric Flint. [Dr. Dobb's News]
What the Free Library provides-as do traditional libraries, or simply the old familiar phenomenon of friends lending each other books-is a way for people to investigate a new author for free, before they plunk down any money.

But if car dealers followed the moronic practices of most publishers (and, to the best of my knowledge, the entire music recording industry) they would sternly refuse to let anyone even sit in one of their cars-much less give it a test drive-unless they'd already paid for it.
I leave it to you to imagine just how long such a car dealer would stay in business. Sadly, the common sense of lowly car dealers is beyond the grasp of the supposedly sophisticated publishing industry.

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