i know, My point was that reading the first book in a serie for free would lead to buy the next books weither from webscription or in a bookstore.
sort of the the thing drug dealers do. The first one is free, hehehehehe and then when you are hooked , THEN when you just have to have more you will have to pay.
We at the Baen's Bar know this but we are already hooked, it might be to late for us but other's are still able to escape.
Bowman
the Free Books that are in the library is "old"
the argument Eric Flint used, was that 80%+ of the Books sold, happend in the first year after publishing. His plan was to put the books up for free After at least one year. maybe more depending on wheter it was a HB or Paper.
I think it is a great idea, also from an Author's POW especially if they just put the first book in a serie up for free. If you like the first you WILL go out and buy the next in the serie (and possibly the first one just to have them all on the shelf)
Bowman
I recommend David Weber.
He mostly write Sci Fi but has also written 2 Fantasy Books.
He has 3 Books in the free library. one is the first in a 9 book long serie (with more to come, thank god) one is a stand alone (sci fi) and one is a fantasy, when you have read the ones that are free (and they are) you might want to go in to webscription, where you can buy the rest in the series (along with many other books at the same time)
If you like Alternate Timelines i recommend Eric Flint, you can find the first few books of one of his series in the free library.
I also would like to recommend John Ringo's A Hymn Before Battle, which you can find in webscription. He is new but very good.
there are a lot of other books that are worth reading and when you buy a month of webscription you get 4-6 books for 10$
you dont subscribe to webscription, just buy the month of books that you are interested in and thats all.
Bowman
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but he does get money from the next books that the person buys.
i know, My point was that reading the first book in a serie for free would lead to buy the next books weither from webscription or in a bookstore. sort of the the thing drug dealers do. The first one is free, hehehehehe and then when you are hooked , THEN when you just have to have more you will have to pay. We at the Baen's Bar know this but we are already hooked, it might be to late for us but other's are still able to escape. Bowman
the Free Books that are in the library is "old" the argument Eric Flint used, was that 80%+ of the Books sold, happend in the first year after publishing. His plan was to put the books up for free After at least one year. maybe more depending on wheter it was a HB or Paper. I think it is a great idea, also from an Author's POW especially if they just put the first book in a serie up for free. If you like the first you WILL go out and buy the next in the serie (and possibly the first one just to have them all on the shelf) Bowman
I recommend David Weber. He mostly write Sci Fi but has also written 2 Fantasy Books. He has 3 Books in the free library. one is the first in a 9 book long serie (with more to come, thank god) one is a stand alone (sci fi) and one is a fantasy, when you have read the ones that are free (and they are) you might want to go in to webscription, where you can buy the rest in the series (along with many other books at the same time) If you like Alternate Timelines i recommend Eric Flint, you can find the first few books of one of his series in the free library. I also would like to recommend John Ringo's A Hymn Before Battle, which you can find in webscription. He is new but very good. there are a lot of other books that are worth reading and when you buy a month of webscription you get 4-6 books for 10$ you dont subscribe to webscription, just buy the month of books that you are interested in and thats all. Bowman