Baen Books Swellness
I ordered the latest Lois McMaster Bujold Miles Vorkosigan novel Cryoburn in hardcover from Amazon, oh ages ago, and it arrived the Friday before Halloween. I was flipping through the volume preparatory to diving in, when I realized there was something stuck in the back of the book.
It was an envelope with a CD-ROM, bound into the book. And on that CD-ROM, was Cryoburn, in just about every conceivable e-book format.
Along with every other Vorkosigan tale, also in multiple formats. Plus related materials.
Free.
And sharable, with Baen's full blessing.
So I dashed off a heart-felt "thank you" to Baen, copied the proper files to my Kindle, and have been reading Bujold on the Kindle for the last week.
Oh, the disk? I passed it to my brother and nephew. Both of whom will be buying the physical copy of Cryoburn later, but, ya know, want to read it NOW.
It was an envelope with a CD-ROM, bound into the book. And on that CD-ROM, was Cryoburn, in just about every conceivable e-book format.
Along with every other Vorkosigan tale, also in multiple formats. Plus related materials.
Free.
And sharable, with Baen's full blessing.
So I dashed off a heart-felt "thank you" to Baen, copied the proper files to my Kindle, and have been reading Bujold on the Kindle for the last week.
Oh, the disk? I passed it to my brother and nephew. Both of whom will be buying the physical copy of Cryoburn later, but, ya know, want to read it NOW.