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  • BAEN'S FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER HAD ASTROKE AND IS IN A COMA

    06/19/2006 8:54:12 PM PDT · by Rhiannon · 10 replies · 510+ views
    BAEN BAR ^ | 06-19-06 | LYNN WYMAN
    Jim Baen, the founder and publisher of BAEN Books has had a stroke and is in a coma. Baen Books are well known for sucessfully launching a profitable ebook venture known as Webscriptions. Baen's philosophy is that is a good idea to get as many people introduced to books and nothing is encrypted or uses DRM. His company has been against the Digital Millenium Act and shows his support for the dissemination of free books from the Free Library. Baen Books has been the most dymanic force in science fiction and is the publisher of popular novelists like David Weber...
  • For those of you who read SF: Editor/ Publisher Jim Baen in coma

    06/16/2006 2:31:03 PM PDT · by Salgak · 32 replies · 1,044+ views
    The Baen Bar ^ | 6/16/2006 | Self
    . . .Jim Baen, editor and publisher of Baen Books, had a stroke last evening and is in a coma. His wife and children are at his side at a hospital. The family requests no cards or flowers at this time. Prayers, however, are a very different matter, and much appreciated. Updates at Baen's Bar, Waiting Room Conference You will have to create an account to read status, but it's free and spam-free. . . The Bar