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[edit] Troubles in Paradise
I thought this section would look good as a formated table, but it is not working for imbedding links. Can anyone figure out how to make it present nicely and still allow user-customers to navigate links?
| Link and Title of Page | Discription in Brief |
|---|---|
| *Introducing the Baen Free Library | Eight pages on how the library came to be and the software piracy and publisher issue in general. |
| *Letters to the Librarian December 20th, 2000 | A selection of 123 letters about the free library as seen by the readers; of particular note: Messages from a blind reader and a handicapped reader. |
| *Letters to the Librarian January 16th, 2001 | Special Report on 200 plus Letters recieved in 24 hours when the Free Library made internet news. |
| Letters to the Librarian February 04th, 2001 | Specal Report on self-publishing on the internet with comments by the First Librarian. |
| Letters to the Librarian February 04th, 2001 | Specal Report on self-publishing on the internet with commentary by First Librarian Eric Flint. |
| M.P. Macaulay on copyright law 1841 issues | Two speeches on copyright law the the British House of Commons during 1841, characterized by historian Flint as brilliant, as they cover the issues still problematic in copyright law. |
| Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint September 1, 2001 | This matter deals with intellectual property rights and piracy of intellectual materials |
[edit] Alternate Form
This is the contents of the table put up today as opposed to this less attractive format:
- Introducing the Baen Free Library — Eight pages on how the library came to be and the software piracy and publisher issue in general.
- Letters to the Librarian December 20th, 2000 — A selection of 123 letters about the free library as seen by the readers; of particular note: Messages from a blind reader and a handicapped reader.
- Letters to the Librarian January 16th, 2001 — Report on 200 Letters recieved in 24 hours when the Free Library made internet news.
- Letters to the Librarian February 04th, 2001 — Specal Report on self-publishing on the internet with comments by the First Librarian including getting published.
- Macaulay on copyright law — Two speeches on copyright law the the British House of Commons during 1841, characterized by Flint as brilliant, as they cover the issues still problematic in copyright law.
- Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint September 1, 2001 — This letter deals with intellectual property rights and piracy of intellectual materials
- Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint April 15, 2002 — One and a half years into the Library, Flint provides hard numbers on how sales and works listed on the Baen Free Library are related.
- Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint April 26, 2002 — More numbers on how hypothetical thefts can't be harming publishing industry to any significant extent. Discusses as well Book Vs eBook preferences, and need for authors to achieve exposure and the role of the Free Library in providing such.
- Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint April 26, 2002 — Discusses prominent writers opposed to eBooks for free, and cites how such might help their sales.
- Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint May 12, 2002 — Stance on helping blind and handicap persons and others of limited means including kids obtain free materials with a arguement of how that eventually helps an authors sales.
- Letters to the Librarian, Eric Flint May 12, 2002 — Discusses paper versus screen reading; studies showing much better retention from paper learning, and includes a long letter relating experiences on sales by a educational publisher once they offered free works like Baen Free Library.
- Reprint by singer-song writer Janis Ian September 16, 2002 — Three time grammy award winner Janis Ian in an article reprint excoriating music publishing industry and praising Baen and a few others. Flint makes one comment— a minor correction. (This is the last of the Letters to the Librarian)
[edit] We don't need to list the current titles
I don't think the section on current titles is necessary or a good use of our time. The Library itself keeps a current list - all anyone should have to do is go there to view it. It is all a bunch of duplicate effort, if you ask me. But I didn't delete the section - if someone wants to keep it updated, that's fine. While you're at it, why don't you keep an updated list on the iTunes article of all titles available there. ;-) Roachmeister 17:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
- No, it's not necessary. But it is useful, because the Baen website has lists by title and by author, but not by both together. It also gives you an idea of which authors are very keen on the Free Library idea, which I find quite interesting. And long as it is, it's still quite a bit shorter than the iTunes catalog ... and (more importantly) changes much less often! Cheers, CWC 02:01, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
