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Weblog:   Repeated Misconceptions About eBooks
Subject:   Free e-books?
Date:   2002-07-08 22:43:23
From:   timoreilly
Response to: Free e-books?

Yes, I've heard very good things about the Baen online publishing program. I agree that giving away free electronic copies of a work can be a good way to get attention.


But like everything else, it isn't a panacea. Remember how in the early days of the web, everyone said, "see how having a web site makes us all equal." But that was only so long as there were only a few web sites. Now, it's no easier to get a web site noticed than it is to get a book noticed.


Signal to noise ratio still means something. And more signal than the receiver can handle becomes noise to the recipient.