Daiv
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi. Before Captain Vorpatrils Alliance was published, it was released and sold as an e-arc. I gathered at the time that was a bit of an experiment. Did that work out for you? Is that some thing you would consider doing with future releases? Assuming you have a say in such things, of course. I, for one, will buy anything you care to publish. Thank you. -Daiv
Lois McMaster Bujold
The e-ARCS are a Baen Thing. They do it for selected lead books, according to some calculation of their own.
The e-ARCS have worked out just fine for me, so far. One of the fringe benefits, I have found, is that we get several hundred free proofreaders, to catch all those little glitches that have escaped the editorial net so far (and there are always some.) One must filter out the things identified as mistakes which aren't, of course, and there is inevitable duplication, but on the whole I have found this beneficial.
Ta, L.
The e-ARCS are a Baen Thing. They do it for selected lead books, according to some calculation of their own.
The e-ARCS have worked out just fine for me, so far. One of the fringe benefits, I have found, is that we get several hundred free proofreaders, to catch all those little glitches that have escaped the editorial net so far (and there are always some.) One must filter out the things identified as mistakes which aren't, of course, and there is inevitable duplication, but on the whole I have found this beneficial.
Ta, L.
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Ann Perrone
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Like many readers, I have my genre preferences. As an entrenched Vorkosigan fan, I've not found as much attraction to fantasy. Year after year I see questions to you in the vein of "are you going to write more Vorkosigan books?" to which your boilerplate response is "Nothing is planned at this time." So, on behalf of my brothers and sisters of the Vorkosigan Community, can you PLEASE consider writing more? Please?
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