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Giving it Away

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(Originally published in Forbes.com, December 2006)

on giving away (e)books for free while also publishing the hard copies through Tor Books. how it helps his sales+distribution (and thus gives him the opportunities afford by greater visibility).

Doctorow, C. (2008). Giving it Away. In Doctorow, C. Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future. Tachyon Publications, pp. 70-73

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I don't think it's practical to charge for copies of electronic works. Bits aren't ever going to get harder to copy. So we'll have to figure out how to charge for something else. That's not to say you can't charge for a copy-able bit, but you sure can't force a reader to pay for access to information anymore.

—p.72 by Cory Doctorow 6 years, 8 months ago

I don't think it's practical to charge for copies of electronic works. Bits aren't ever going to get harder to copy. So we'll have to figure out how to charge for something else. That's not to say you can't charge for a copy-able bit, but you sure can't force a reader to pay for access to information anymore.

—p.72 by Cory Doctorow 6 years, 8 months ago