There Is a Thing I Am Occasionally Moved To Do...

[strina]

And that is recommend Baen wildly and unreservedly. Really, you might say, a whole publishing house? How is that helpful at all?

And it might not be! But they are the coolest publishing house in the whole business, you guys. They want you to read their books! Let me repeat that: they want you to read their books, not necessarily buy them. They'd like it if you did! They know you probably will, because book-lovers like to have the actual physical books to clutch in their hot little hands! But in the meantime, they will totally give them to you for free on the Internet. In a variety of formats, including html and Kindle-compatable.

And if, say, you get hooked by the free books and buy a first-edition David Weber hardcover, theyll give a CD! A CD filled with every one of Weber's novels ever, UNencrypted, plus some books from his friends. A CD that explicitly states that you're allowed to share the whole thing, for free, with anyone who wants it.

They are AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL and I WANT TO GIVE THEM A MILLION DOLLARS FOR BEING GOOD BOOK-PEOPLE.

Comments

[misswinterhill.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for that link! I've never heard of them. :) That's awesome!

[strina]

I was completely boggled the first time I saw the Free Library. A company combining principle and good sense? What madness is this? They basically won my heart forever.