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It's just that in the past, I've noticed that the site throws out watchdog timeouts when the traffic peaks above about 75GB/day. (Surprisingly, I haven't seen any timeout alerts this week.) It's been serving over 100GB/day for just over a week, now, and averaging somewhere north of 250GB for the period. (I've been updating the linked image each day, too.) Last edited by Dahak; 12-10-2012 at 11:10 PM. |
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It was the assumption that "it's not going to last forever" that's been the main driver for me buying every Baen Webscriptions bundle as it's been released.
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As is, a 3 month window is a reasonable compromise that stays within the spirit of the original webscription concept. And its hard to argue when they are raising their ebook royalties along with the prices. Even if total sales do go down the authors should be seeing a boost in income and since we're not talking King or Roberts, that is a good thing. Times change... |
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In a way, it may improve the webscription model. You get a bundle for a good discount for a short period of time. More reasons to hit the trigger on bundles you like the look of and since you've now bought it rather than put it off for another month, chances are you'll read it soon and find some new authors.
I'm glad they've worked out a way to keep the free library going with 1st/2nd editions. The free library is for me a great way to try new authors without any cost/risk. Reading a 1st edition or in reality the full story but with some extra bonus content missing, suits that need and in fact, if i really enjoy a book it may even give me an incentive to purchase a copy which I wouldn't otherwise have done (I'd usually only buy the follow on books since I've got the first for free). Only thing I'm not happy about it the price hike. I won't be buying any baen books until they reach mass paper back levels and generally after waiting that long for a book and losing the hype that comes with new releases I'll probably just wait longer for sales of those books or other amazon books and get some bargains instead. |
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Price rise was due regardless, I'd imagine, given how long prices have been the same.
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You should know that we will still be able to sell exclusively at Baen.com eARCs and discounted, serialized monthly bundles at our previous prices. {...} once the book is printed and the books made available individually at other sellers, these editions will not be available for orders. So $US15.00 for aARCs and $US18.00 for Monthly Baen Bundles until further notice but only if bought before print publication. |
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Will purchased books and bundles remain available for download at Baen's site?
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I just saw you can get the Kindle version of David Weber's A Rising Thunder from Amazon now. Hardback is $15.54, Kindle version is $9.99.
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The Monthly bundles show up, but as "Not Currently Available", except for February and March 2013. |
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They've started listing Second Editions, three of them, at $6.99.
The corresponding First Editions are in the Free Library. I can see the Second Edition play serving to relaunch some of their older titles even if the first editions don't go to the Free Library. |
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