Comments on: Set your books free, Quill & Quire tells writers http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/set-your-books-free-says-quill-quire/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/set-your-books-free-says-quill-quire/comment-page-1/#comment-952547 Chris Meadows Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:28:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=13370#comment-952547 At least for works in certain genres and media it does. It certainly seems to sell more science fiction and fantasy novels—not just for Cory Doctorow, but for Baen and Tor and others who've tried the experiment. But for other works, it's less certain. A free e-version of reference books, for instance, that are generally only consulted instead of read straight through, might well make buying a printed one unnecessary. And why would someone buy a printed recipe book when he could just print out a recipe from the e-version and use? At least for works in certain genres and media it does. It certainly seems to sell more science fiction and fantasy novels—not just for Cory Doctorow, but for Baen and Tor and others who’ve tried the experiment.

But for other works, it’s less certain. A free e-version of reference books, for instance, that are generally only consulted instead of read straight through, might well make buying a printed one unnecessary. And why would someone buy a printed recipe book when he could just print out a recipe from the e-version and use?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/set-your-books-free-says-quill-quire/comment-page-1/#comment-952544 Jeff Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:21:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=13370#comment-952544 Oh right, you mean like a public library does? Allowing people free access to the books seems to help author sales... Oh right, you mean like a public library does? Allowing people free access to the books seems to help author sales…

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