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<blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 3874502" data-attributes="member: 3608">They do share some numbers on their site. At least they used to.Of course, the thing about Baen is that they don't make the mistake of trying to measure piracy. They measure sales. Books that they made available for free downloading actually sold better than other books. Who cares how many people may have pirated anything when you see a real increase in the bottom line?There's no doubt that Baen's &amp; Wizards' businesses are quite different, though. The lesson to learn from Baen, I think, is that it can be worthwhile to put aside the conventional wisdom &amp; guessing &amp; actually experiment.I would have never bought my eBook myself, but once I had it I fell in love with it.But, while it is great for fiction, I have to agree with the doctor that it hasn't worked as well for me for RPG books. A more open &amp; standard platform would serve me better for the game table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RFisher, post: 3874502, member: 3608"] They do share some numbers on their site. At least they used to. Of course, the thing about Baen is that they don't make the mistake of trying to measure piracy. They measure sales. Books that they made available for free downloading actually sold better than other books. Who cares how many people may have pirated anything when you see a real increase in the bottom line? There's no doubt that Baen's & Wizards' businesses are quite different, though. The lesson to learn from Baen, I think, is that it can be worthwhile to put aside the conventional wisdom & guessing & actually experiment. I would have never bought my eBook myself, but once I had it I fell in love with it. But, while it is great for fiction, I have to agree with the doctor that it hasn't worked as well for me for RPG books. A more open & standard platform would serve me better for the game table. [/QUOTE]

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