Comments on: Let’s Retire the Underground Example — Followup Sales Figures http://comicsworthreading.com/2011/12/12/lets-retire-the-underground-example-followup-sales-figures/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Kevin J. Maroney http://comicsworthreading.com/2011/12/12/lets-retire-the-underground-example-followup-sales-figures/comment-page-1/#comment-123900 Kevin J. Maroney Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:46:27 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=23626#comment-123900 Thad, the lesson more broadly is:

Giving away work CAN lead to increased sales.

I am staggered by the number of people who don’t know about the Baen Free Library, which has been demonstrating that principle for over a decade.

]]> By: Thad http://comicsworthreading.com/2011/12/12/lets-retire-the-underground-example-followup-sales-figures/comment-page-1/#comment-123853 Thad Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:09:52 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=23626#comment-123853 It’s a valuable example if taken for what it is — pirates are, in at least some cases, potential customers.

Where it breaks down is when people omit those caveats (“in at least some cases” and “potential”).

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