tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023265.post8075582665177991347..comments2023-05-09T08:38:04.061-04:00Comments on The Lensman's Children: Frederick Paul Kiesche IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17503079579685008728noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023265.post-12300783870934387642012-05-10T14:39:13.519-04:002012-05-10T14:39:13.519-04:00Dan, good idea, but...not all Baen Books end up in...Dan, good idea, but...not all Baen Books end up in the Free Library. Of course, by juggling the CD-ROM's and such, you can add to your "free" pile, but Baen's eBooks are (a) reasonable in price; (b) multi-format; (c) not saddled with DRM, so they worth actually purchasing (so the author gets paid).<br /><br />And...not all books I read are from Baen. Not even close. I love them, I buy everything by certain authors, but they don't carry, for example, Alastair Reynolds. Or Iain Banks. Or Patrick O'Brian even, for all love.Frederick Paul Kiesche IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17503079579685008728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023265.post-66564311260167349632012-05-10T12:51:49.806-04:002012-05-10T12:51:49.806-04:00Or wait a couple years and get it for free on Baen...Or wait a couple years and get it for free on Baen's free library.<br /><br />Oh. It's not a Baen book? <br /><br />Pity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023265.post-14888984759882937502012-04-30T10:02:41.456-04:002012-04-30T10:02:41.456-04:00One item that came up in discussion is that people...<i>One item that came up in discussion is that people want e the same day as p, so they should cost more. I'd be willing to wait for the mass market paperback release if the publisher were to match the MMPB price. </i><br /><br /><br />I've said that for a while, too. Price the ebooks dynamically. Pay $12.99 to get Range of Ghosts today, or wait a year and get it for $7.99...Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023265.post-22335569035615200152012-04-30T09:45:36.477-04:002012-04-30T09:45:36.477-04:00The same as paper. I've seen typos from all th...The same as paper. I've seen typos from all the Big Six. And editorial blunders. And books that should not have been published. So I don't buy those "the big publishers do x, y, z and you'll miss that!"<br /><br />I think Baen is more efficient, not burdened with a lot of "legacy" staff, rents cheaper real estate, stays focused, etc. Now a lot of that won't translate across to a Big Six, but surely they can do something.<br /><br />As for older paper into newer eBooks, sure, a lot of places are doing that. But there are ways around that. Look at Project Gutenberg: can something like that work for a publisher. And, if an error is found, e-mail the publisher and the publisher ought to make the changes (easier for e than p) and release an update (happened with the most recent Neal Stephenson book and when errors are bound in Baen, they make changes and update the files).<br /><br />One item that came up in discussion is that people want e the same day as p, so they should cost more. I'd be willing to wait for the mass market paperback release if the publisher were to match the MMPB price. And I'm happy to pay "premium" for my "want it now" mode. But publishers don't seem to be lowering the prices to match MMPB's across the board.Frederick Paul Kiesche IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17503079579685008728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023265.post-9947793919373405112012-04-30T09:35:19.484-04:002012-04-30T09:35:19.484-04:00Fred, how is the quality of Baen's e-books? Lo...Fred, how is the quality of Baen's e-books? Lots of typos, or are they equivalent to the paper copies?<br /><br />One thing that I think gets lost in these discussions is the quality of the e-book version. I have a ton of Stephen King e-books (early ones) that have typos on nearly every page. In discussing this with folks like Rob Sawyer, I've learned that in many instances, there is no copy editing happening on the e-book version. They are taking the original manuscript and scanning it in and no one is catching the OCR-related errors. I am perfectly willing to pay more for an e-book if it has the same kind of quality control as the paper edition, in part because it gives me advantages that the paper version doesn't (electronic note-taking, searching, etc.)<br /><br />I agree with you about "leasing" as opposed to buying e-books. I haven't yet run into the problems you've had with books disappearing, but I also backup all of my books so that if they ever did go away, I could restore them relatively easily.Jamie Todd Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366011989002014748noreply@blogger.com