That was a great link to the article on Amazon. Thanks! Quite apart from the interesting article, it contained a link to Baen Books. I knew about the company from many years ago but only as a book publisher for many of my favourite authors (Moon, Lackey, McMaster Bujold, Weber) and didn't realise that they'd gone into ebooks.
I had a look at their site and I *really* like their business model where, when you buy a book, you actually buy the book instead of 'renting' it as you do in the ridiculous Amazon/Kindle model (which I've never gone for). Once bought, you can then download it any number of times in any of a dozen different formats. Including Kindle format if that's what you want. Very much the "enlightened self interest" style of business.
They also have quite a range of books that are free (eg first one in a series free, the rest not). Even when you buy the books are FAR cheaper than via Amazon. For example, $6 for The Deed of Paksenarrion, vs $22! I just wish they had as great a range of authors!
After a raid of their free section and spending ~$50 I now have reading material for some time to come. :-)
I had a look at their site and I *really* like their business model where, when you buy a book, you actually buy the book instead of 'renting' it as you do in the ridiculous Amazon/Kindle model (which I've never gone for). Once bought, you can then download it any number of times in any of a dozen different formats. Including Kindle format if that's what you want. Very much the "enlightened self interest" style of business.
They also have quite a range of books that are free (eg first one in a series free, the rest not). Even when you buy the books are FAR cheaper than via Amazon. For example, $6 for The Deed of Paksenarrion, vs $22! I just wish they had as great a range of authors!
After a raid of their free section and spending ~$50 I now have reading material for some time to come. :-)