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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...