For treeware proofing, hardcopy makes a fair amount of sense, particularly if you want to catch stuff like hyphenation errors. In one of the Thraxas books, for example, HOW a character's name was pronounced determined the hyphenation that needed to be used, and the auto-hyphenation on the typesetting software (Murphy lives!) got it wrong.
On the other hand, from a consumer standpoint, electronic books are easier to carry around. (I've got eight Baens in my Palm even as I type this, including The Weapon). And I've bought, without exception, everything Baen has ever put out as an e-book.
What really frosts me about HarperCollins is that they refused to publish Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife "because it might impact sales of the hardcover," but were perfectly happy to publish Michael Crichton's latest crud. FEH!
Thanks again for The Weapon, and please, keep 'em coming. I absolutely loved Humans Call It Duty in the upcoming Future Weapons of War.
... because their earlier practices in ripping off the talent have left them with no credibility to use in negotiating. Offer a piece of the profits to the talent that creates winners? (Sound of Actors and Writers guilds rolling on the floor laughing and hurling.) Signourney Weaver once said publicly that she was offered a percentage of the profit for "Ghostbusters" and the studio's accounting practices left her without a dime for the movie that was the top box-office draw in its release year.
Yeah, it's a difficult problem. But it won't be the studios that solve it.
On the post: HarperCollins Continues To Focus On Digitizing Books; But Still Having Trouble Letting Go Of Control
Re: They'll eventually get it
On the other hand, from a consumer standpoint, electronic books are easier to carry around. (I've got eight Baens in my Palm even as I type this, including The Weapon). And I've bought, without exception, everything Baen has ever put out as an e-book.
What really frosts me about HarperCollins is that they refused to publish Lois McMaster Bujold's The Sharing Knife "because it might impact sales of the hardcover," but were perfectly happy to publish Michael Crichton's latest crud. FEH!
Thanks again for The Weapon, and please, keep 'em coming. I absolutely loved Humans Call It Duty in the upcoming Future Weapons of War.
On the post: Patent Reform At Amazon And IBM Apparently Means Suing The Crap Out Of Each Other
We were warned!
"In all of this fighting, only the weapons have won."
Lawyers are weapons, are they not?
On the post: Hollywood Talent Feeling The Weight Of Industry's Woes
Studios have left themselves in this bind ...
Yeah, it's a difficult problem. But it won't be the studios that solve it.
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