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Sharing Doesn't Hurt

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-i-need-to-know-i-learned-in-kindergarten dept.

Freeptop writes "Here's a fun followup to an old slashdot article: Eric Flint just posted another Prime Palaver article on the Baen Free Library. In this article of his, he talks about the effects of posting his books for free on the library. Specifically, he uses his own royalty statements to show that sales for his books have gone up whenever he has made them available for free. As usual, Mr. Flint writes a well thought out article demonstrating the pointlessness of encrypting e-books, and this time, he has proof to back up his assumptions."

8 of 266 comments (clear)

  1. mmm. . . tasty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    isn't this the same as modafinil?

  2. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP!

    1. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Brilliant!!! Were you sleeping all this time??

  3. Re:Like the idea... by Uller-RM · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's hard to understand what people mean when they mean to say the mean and say median instead. Of course, they may mean well...

    Couldn't resist.

  4. Re:Not true by MisterBlister · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who cares if my post is true or not? Its at +5 as I post this followup. All your karma are belong to me!

  5. Re:Widening doesn't hurt either by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank you. You have finally convinced me to install Mozilla on all my boxes. I like it. We appreciate your service to the world.

  6. Sharing doesn't hurt? by sunhou · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Someone better tell this guy from Georgia Tech.

  7. Re:Widening doesn't hurt either by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I nearly spewed my food at the screen!

    You guys are HILARIOUS!