The top ten e-books for the kindle are free. In fact, you have to go down to fourteen to get to one that you have to pay for, the LA Times reports.
Most of the books are over a year old and the authors/publishers hope that by giving the older books for free, people will look to buy the newer books from the same author. And is that proving true? Not really. Although the newer books are selling respectably, there is no evidence that these free books are improving the sales of other titles.
Is the concept of free that important for people? Perhaps. And that's what this group is about -- enabling people to access the content. Should we have to pay for it? I think yes.
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