Re: The Hunt for Harald

Julia Jones <julia.jones@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It has been interesting to see this at work with the ebooks. I keep
seeing comments about how ebooks are great because they avoid the
storage problem - and comments about buying the ebooks, and then going
and buying the paperback of an ebook they particularly liked, to put on
the keeper shelf.

I've never bought an eBook, and don't intend to, but the number of books
I've started reading off of downloads from the Baen Free library and then
bought the softback of is a pretty good sales conversion rate.

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Nate Edel http://www.cubiclehermit.com/

"What's the use of yearning for Elysian Fields when you know you can't get
'em, and would only let 'em out on building leases if you had 'em?" (WSG)
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