Check out the Baen Free Library sometime. Even if you don't want to read the books, read the letters explaining the free library. In short, making books available for free generates sales. Why that is, can be argued til the cows come home, but the fact is it works.
For an ongoing experiment on this, check out the Baen free library. In essence, the results seem to show that the more you give away, the more you sell.
I reckon a few of the execs in charge of distribution should check out the webscription option at www.baen.com.
Baen books is distributing books in multiple formats, with no DRM, and doing very nicely out of it, thank you very much. And the authors get better royalties from digital sales to reflect the lack of printing costs.
I see no reason this couldn't be moved into the TV/Movie industry.
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This principle has been tried, and it works.
Check out the Baen Free Library sometime. Even if you don't want to read the books, read the letters explaining the free library. In short, making books available for free generates sales. Why that is, can be argued til the cows come home, but the fact is it works.
Free books increase sales
For an ongoing experiment on this, check out the Baen free library. In essence, the results seem to show that the more you give away, the more you sell.
I reckon a few of the execs in charge of distribution should check out the webscription option at www.baen.com.
Baen books is distributing books in multiple formats, with no DRM, and doing very nicely out of it, thank you very much. And the authors get better royalties from digital sales to reflect the lack of printing costs.
I see no reason this couldn't be moved into the TV/Movie industry.