In my recent eBook/publishing rant last week I mentioned Baen's new eARC trick, where they release an unproofed version of the book a few months before official publication at a price that goes down the nearer we get to publication.
I noted that it seemed to be pretty successful. So much so that there are now 4 eARCs available and now, just to make sure that they get to maximise revenue they start spamming their addictsloyal readers to tell us.
ADDICTS TAKE NOTE
A Baen WebScriptions Special Advance Reader Copy available NOW online
The Dance of Time by Eric Flint and David Drake
SNERK ON THIS!!!
In the interests of maximizing the exploitation of our base audience (we've heard the word "profit" used in this context) and supporting their continued addiction to ebooks we provide here the first chapter from Dance of Time, by David Drake and Eric Flint.
C'mon, it won't hurt to take just a little look. It's not like we're the minions of Cthulu or something....
If blogging is light this weekend then one reason could be that I've just forked over $15 for the latest eARC....
I have decided to be resolute and not buy the eARCs of Resonance and Ghost, but I will shortly buy the Webscription months that include them (October and November respectively), and each one of those permits me to give a free trial to the first sucker who gives me their email address.