Check out http://www.baen.com/ for a publisher who seems to "get-it."
Authors post their drafts to the web site, a chapter at a time. People who subscribe to the site can read anything on the site. When the paper book is published, the final book is made available online (I would suspect there would be some delay). Readers get first viewing of a book, they can e-mail the author with comments, and the publishers get some early marketing data about how well the book might sell.
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Check out http://www.baen.com/ for a publisher who seems to "get-it."
Authors post their drafts to the web site, a chapter at a time.
People who subscribe to the site can read anything on the site. When
the paper book is published, the final book is made available online
(I would suspect there would be some delay). Readers get first
viewing of a book, they can e-mail the author with comments, and the
publishers get some early marketing data about how well the book might
sell.