Anyway, it is odd that they are still going this route with Burt given that scifi/fantasy seems to be one area where authors and publishers are actually using ebooks to expand their niche. I’d never heard of John Scalzi til he posted one of his novels online. Then I bought pretty much all of his novels in p-book form.

Similarly, Baen has shown that people will pay for non-DRMed scifi.

People like Doctorow, Scalzi and companies like Baen are doing what the music industry should have done. They’re involving the fans and creating a community around their work. Do that, and the money will follow.

Go the other way, and you just alienate readers who aren’t going to care one way or another if they’re undermining your ability to keep making money writing by downloading every novel and short story you’ve ever written.