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The Baen Free Library represents an interesting experiment in the field of Intellectual Property and Copyright . It appears that sales of both the books made available free and other books by the same author, even from a different publisher, increase when the electronic version is made available free of charge. {Link without Title} In 2002, Baen also started adding CD-ROM s into some hardcovers of newest titles in successful series. They contain the complete series of novels preceding the printed book (for those books that were the latest in a series), other works by the same author, some works by other authors, and multimedia bonuses. The CD-ROMs have a prominent permissive copyright license which expressly encourages free-of-charge copying and sharing, including over the Internet. Baen also operates Webscriptions , a subscription-based E-book program. CURRENT TITLES (UPDATED APRIL 2006 ) #1632 #1633 #A Hymn Before Battle #Agent of Vega #An Oblique Approach #Anti-Grav Unlimited #The Apocalypse Troll #Bedlam Boyz #Berserker Throne #Beyond World's End #Black on Black #Born to Run #Changer of Worlds #The Course of Empire #The Creatures of Man #Cross the Stars #Crusade #Demon Blade #Destiny's Shield #Diamonds Are Forever #Digital Knight #Doc Sidhe #Fallen Angels #Far Edge of Darkness #Fiddler Fair #Fire In the Mist #The Forlorn #Forward the Mage #Freehold #Genie Out of the Bottle #Grantville Gazette Volume 1 #Great Kings' War #Gust Front #The Honor of the Queen #The Hub: Dangerous Territory #In the Heart of Darkness #Interstellar Patrol #The Lark and the Wren #The Lion of Farside #Lt. Leary Commanding #March to the Sea #March Upcountry #Med Ship #Mother of Demons #The Mountains of Mourning #Mutineer's Moon #Northworld #Oath of Swords #Odyssey #Old Nathan #On Basilisk Station #Pandora's Legions #Paying the Piper #The Philosophical Strangler #Planets of Adventure #Pyramid Scheme #Rats, Bats and Vats #Redliners #Retief! #The Sea Hag #Seas of Venus #The Shadow of the Lion #Sisters of Glass #Slayer #Sleipnir #Star Soldiers #Stars Over Stars #Sympathy for the Devil #The Tank Lords #Telzey Amberdon #Time Traders #The Tyrant #The War God's Own #The Warslayer #TNT-Telzey & Trigger #Werehunter #Windows of the Soul #With the Lightnings #Wizard's Bane #Wizardry Compiled #Wolf Time Letters To and From Baen's First Librarian This section lists letters from readers to Baen's First Librarian, Eric Flint , and responses he made in return about the Free Library and it's offerings, but more importantly these discuss the experiences of Baen with offering free titles and further discuss issues in ePublishing in general. Of particular note, are the grateful letters from blind and handicapped individuals, and the wide geographic demographic of the Baen experment. However, most of the material is historically interesting 'snapshots' of the arguements over intellectual property rights in the early days of the Free Library and development of the Baen Books publishing style of offering titles both by download and in print. EXTERNAL LINKS
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