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Repeated Misconceptions About eBooks
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Free e-books? |
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2002-07-08 22:43:23 |
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timoreilly
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Response to: Free e-books?
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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.
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