[d@DCC] Creators Connecting: Open Letters between Susan Crean and Russell McOrmond

[Chris Brand]

Russell, has Susan seen the Baen Free Library at
http://www.baen.com/library/ ? She might find it easier
to relate to writers who put their works online for
free download (and see increased sales of backlist
as a result). It's an experiment that's been going
since 2000.

My personal favourite part of the intro is this :
>I don't know any author, other than a few who are - to 
>speak bluntly - cretins, who hears about people lending 
>his or her books to their friends, or checking them out 
>of a library, with anything other than pleasure. Because 
>they understand full well that, in the long run, what 
>maintains and (especially) expands a writer's audience 
>base is that mysterious magic we call: word of mouth.

Most of Eric Flint's "Prime Palaver" articles at
http://www.baen.com/library/palaver_index.htm would
probably be very interesting to her.

Chris


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