The Baen Free Library is a digital library of the science fiction and fantasy publishing house Baen Books where 61 e-books as of June 2016 (112 e-books as of December 2008) can be downloaded free in a number of formats, without copy protection.[1] It was founded in late 1999 by science fiction writer Eric Flint and publisher Jim Baen to determine whether the availability of books free of charge on the Internet encourages or discourages the sale of their paper books.[2]
The Baen Free Library represents an experiment in the field of intellectual property and copyright. It appears that sales of both the e-books made available free and other books by the same author, even from a different publisher, increase when the electronic version is made available free of charge.[3]
Baen Ebooks also sells individual e-books and a subscription-based e-book program. The books in the Free Library are available via the website for Baen Ebooks in various formats including HTML, Rich Text Format, and EPUB as well as unencrypted .mobi for Kindle.[4]
^Free Library - Categories Baen Books Science Fiction and Fantasy Retrieved June 8, 2016.
^Allen Smith (2009). "Annotated Baen Free eBook Listing". Retrieved 2015-06-13.
^"Prime Palaver #6". Baen.com. 2002-04-15. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
The BaenFreeLibrary is a digital library of the science fiction and fantasy publishing house Baen Books where 61 e-books as of June 2016 (112 e-books...
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magazine best-seller lists. He was a co-founder and editor of the BaenFreeLibrary. Born in 1947 in Burbank, California, Flint worked on a Ph.D. in history...
Baen Ebooks is an e-book supplier operated by Baen Books. It sells e-books for Baen and some other publishers, as well as hosting the BaenFree Library...
prequel series, and anthologies created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. They are centered on the space navy career of the principal protagonist...
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available for free either in the BaenFreeLibrary or at Splinter Universe. On 2 April 2012, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller announced that Baen had purchased...
available as e-books through netLibrary. Publisher Baen Books opens up the BaenFreeLibrary to make available Baen titles as free e-books. Kim Blagg, via her...
first three books in this series are available as ebooks via the BaenFreeLibrary. Igniting the Reaches (1994) Through the Breach (1995) Fireships (1996)...
ISBN 9781476781853) Short works set in the Dead Six universe: "Sweothi City" (2013, BaenFreeLibrary, prequel short story), first print appearance in Target Rich Environment...
May 23, 2023. RCN Series" at Baen Ebooks; includes a link to a free copy of the first book. Direct link to first (free) novel at the BaenFreeLibrary...
books are available online, either in their entirety as part of the BaenFreeLibrary or, in the case of more recent books, in the form of sample chapters...
military. The song, its lyrics, and artist's bio is included in the BaenFreeLibrary. Posleen War A Hymn Before Battle (2000) (ISBN 0-671-31941-8) With...
Diplomacy". yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. "Baen Ebooks". baen.com. Archived from the original on 2002-06-03. Retrieved 2006-03-29...
"Mole Hunt" (June 2011), Published on line by Baen Books as part of the BaenFreeLibrary, https://www.baen.com/readonline/index/read/sku/9781451637786...
[citation needed] Some of Drake's works are available for free download in the BaenFreeLibrary. Mayfair Games produced the licensed Hammer's Slammers board...
by Eric Flint: Telzey Amberdon. Baen Books, New York April 2000. ISBN 0-671-57851-0. Partial text in BaenFreeLibrary. James H. Schmitz, edited by first...
Speculative Fiction Database Excerpt at the BaenFreeLibrary SciFi Weekly SFRevu Publishers Weekly (starred) Library Journal (starred) The Guardian Book Review...
to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees. Free copies of Sheepfarmer's Daughter from the BaenFreeLibrary Elizabeth Moon novels produced at Graphic Audio...
alteration. The book was published in various e-book formats in the BaenFreeLibrary and on Baen CD #01 (Honorverse). Aldanto, Ceasare: Milanese sell-sword and...
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