Some of the baen cd torrent problems come from the use of different trackers. It includes not only the latest book in the series, cryoburn, but the entire vorkosigan saga in several formatsand the vorkosigan companionall of it beautifully unencrypted and unencumbered. Baen allows these cds to be distributed not simply to provide free electronic copies of their books, but to generate sales for those same books. Or, if you prefer, you can download the books in one of several formats. Or you could drop by baens free library for an indepth reasoning as to why baen makes so many of its books available for free. Whether downloaded or by cd rom, the source material is available in all the formats baen supports. You may need to burn it directly to a cd or use thirdparty software to view its contents. In 1983 jim baen had the opportunity to start his own independent company.
The shrinking baen free ebook library reminds me how ebooks. Echoes of honor baen, 1998 also available on a freely distributable cd. For all baen free library cds, zipped iso images are provided click on zip to download them or on the titlepicture to browse contents. If you download any of the disks, please take the time to go to the baen. Recently i was listening to the 21216 baen free radio hour podcast which had an interview with ben bova discussing the best of bova. Honor harrington index page jim baens publishoverse. I have been aware of ben bovas writings since the 1970s when i read the dueling machine back in the 1970s. I have attempted to list what books are in any omnibus edition, and. Baen readers list of recommended military sf wwend. She is the author of thirtythree books, including twentysix novels, four collections of short stories, and three books on writing. Jul 28, 2015 robert conroy is the author of a run of hugely popular alternate history novels, including himmlers war, rising sun, 1920. Baen polled its readers, on facebook and on baens bar, for a list of recommended military sf. The baen cds hosted here are freelydistributable disks provided to promote the sale of the books contained within. In either case, the contents are free to share and upload, but cannot be sold.
For all baen free library cds, zipped iso images are provided click on zip to download them or on the titlepicture to browse contents if you are wondering why some numbers are duplicated, but some other numbers are missing in the names of the cds, the answer is because baen made it so i have kept their original numbering. Then you can sort your file find by date modified, and add only the epubs modified today to itunes. Baen books has already come up in the comments, multiple times, but i want to call out in a post a few things. Once you have an iso, you can get at its contents by using your cd burning software. The baen cdroms are promotional material for the books and authors found at and the many baen books that are also available as ebooks from webscriptions. Baen often had to remove titles from the free library, or drop them from webscriptions, after the rights reverted to the authors and they took them elsewhere. Baen books adds multiple book download option the digital. David weber weber, david, 1952 a wikipedia article about this author is available weber, david, 1952. Want to get copies of the cds or the books they contain. Annotated listings providing additional information about the ebooks in the baen free library, the baen cdrom library, and the monthly webscriptions. Former catalog baen free library baen books makes available a number of its titles for free in various electronic formats. Most of the baen cd rom library cds are available as a boundin cd inside the first edition of specific hardcover novels. The publisher, jim baen, of baen books premier science fiction and fantasy publisher, in collaboration with many of his top authors, included in 7 hardcover books recently cd s.
Baen ebooks is an ebook supplier operated by baen books. Baen free library project gutenberg selfpublishing. The company was established in 1983 by science fiction publisher and editor jim baen. You are given the option of downloading the titles in several formats. Baen books adds multiple book download option 15 april, 2016 15 april, 2016 ebookstore 19 comments the sffantasy publisher baen books reminded us again this week why they are the only decent ebook retailer outside of amazon. The best of jim baen s universe cd is currently available as a boundin cd inside the first edition hardcover release of the best of jim baen s universe. You are about to start playing with a new baen cdrom. Second, check out baens bar but be warned that it is addictive. This cd rom has the full electronic contents of as many books as jim baen s skilled people could cram into it. It includes not only the first book in a new series, invasion. Baens eye of the storm cd is now available mobileread. This library allows you to download all the free ebooks without any registration, and even comes as collections of short stories that theyve posted previously. I just dont seen any links at all to actually download the cd or the other one, which i seem to remember residing there.
The sffantasy publisher baen books reminded us again this week why they are the only decent ebook retailer outside of amazon. I knew that several of baens hardcover first editions over the last few years had been coming with bonus cdroms full of ebooks. The popups show the cover of the book the disc came with. Thus for anyone who purchases a monthly book selection or individual ebook that corresponds to one of those hardcovers, webscriptions will also provide an iso file for the cd rom that was included with the first edition book. Annotated baen free ebooks listing from the baen free library and the baen cd rom library the baen cd roms are promotional material for the books and authors found at. He has the full contents of all online, as well as offering direct downloads of the cd s as isos and zips, without needing to install filesharing software. The publisher, jim baen, of baen books premier science fiction and fantasy publisher, in collaboration with many of his top authors, included in 7 hardcover books recently cds. Baen books announces winner of the baen fantasy adventure award. The shrinking baen free ebook library reminds me how. This story is set in the world of nancy kresss novel the eleventh gate, out from baen books in may 2020. This cdrom has the full electronic contents of as many books as the skilled people of baen books could cram into it. Public forums if you have not logged in, this is the only forum you can see. Please note that the labeling on each baen cdrom states this disk and its content may be copied and shared, but not sold.
Baen books is an american publishing company, established in 1983 by long time science fiction publisher and editor jim baen, that emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, military science fiction, and fantasy baen is the main publisher of the honorverse novels. It sells e books for baen and some other publishers, as well as hosting the baen free library. It is true that baen books specializes in action scifi rather than the more soft. Purchasers can download the same ebook in seven different formats bbeb, epub, html, microsoft reader mobipocket, rocketbook, and rtf, even long.
Which do you think are the best they have to offer. Baen has given permission to anyone and everyone to copy and distribute for free but not for sale these cds and their contents there are at least eight ways to get copies of these cds. The great majority of books published by baen are still available as e books, long after the hardcover or paperback versions have gone out of print. For that matter, the baen cd repository at the fifth imperium had to remove an entire cd of lois mcmaster bujolds stuff after baen lost the rights to those books.
How to add all the free baen cd ebooks to your itunes. The baen free library is a digital library of the science fiction and fantasy publishing house baen books where as of december 2008 112 full books can be downloaded free in a number of formats, without copy protection. Also on this disk are interviews with author lois mcmaster bujold, and various other interesting tidbits. The cryoburn cd in the torrent download can be unpacked, and all books are in there, but the website and html is. The books are in several formats so that you can read them on your pda if you know what youre doing, and on virtually any word processor even if. Baens eye of the storm cd is now available deals and. Baen has published another book with a promotional cdrom packin, and as with all the others the cdrom is available for free download from the fifth imperium baen cd repository. The books are in several formats so that you can read them on your pda if you know what youre doing, and on virtually any word processor even if you dont know what youre doing any better than i do. Iso file and burn a cd so you have a permanent backup copy. The best in science fiction and fantasy publishing. The baen free library is a digital library of the science fiction and fantasy publishing house. The sea hag by david drake, starliner by david drake, seas of venus by david drake, with the lightnings by david drak. Robert conroy is the author of a run of hugely popular alternate history novels, including himmlers war, rising sun, 1920.
We have long had the option of downloading an entire orders worth of ebooks as a single zip file of drmfree ebooks, and now baen is letting customers organize a volume download of. It was founded in autumn 1999 by science fiction writer eric flint and publisher jim baen to determine whether the availability of books free of charge on the internet. It sells ebooks for baen and some other publishers, as well as hosting the baen free library. Another site for viewing or downloading the baen cdrom library cds.
If you are wondering why some numbers are duplicated, but some other numbers are missing in the names of the cds, the answer is because baen made it so i have kept their original numbering. Baens free cryoburn cdrom includes almost all of bujolds. The baen cds hosted on the site linked on this page are freelydistributable disks provided to promote the sale of the books contained within. The nice thing about this method is that you can use it whenever a new baen cd comes out. Publisher jim baen s last cd rom orientation cd 9 author david drakes cd rom orientation cd 3 iso. Baen books is an american publishing house for science fiction and fantasy.
Publisher jim baens last cdrom orientation cd 9 author david drakes cdrom orientation cd 3 iso. The books in the free library are available via the website for baen ebooks in various. Unlike most ebook suppliers, it does not use digital rights management i. Posted on february 7, 2011 september 5, 2018 by lisa spangenberg. More than honor baen, 1998 also available on a freely distributable cd. The zipped images of the cds were downloaded from the fifth. First, check out the quantity and quality of their authors. In addition to the baens free library online, if you buy a hardcover book i think it applies to all hc books, but not sure you get a cd which contains all the previous books in the series in ebookform five different formats. Baen ebooks is proud to announce an agreement to distribute the english translation of judgment in moscow by vladimir bukovsky on its retail ebook site, as well as offering a selection of other ebooks from judgment in moscow publisher, ninth of november press. Clicking on the name in the red banners will download the iso image of the disc in its. If you download any of the disks, please take the time to go to the baen webscription site and buy a copy of at least the cds primary ebook.
Baens free cryoburn cdrom includes almost all of bujold. Please remember that just because these books are being provided at no. His 1942, which is set within a japanese conquest of hawaii, won the prestigious sidewise award for alternate histories. Naturally i had to re download all the books i had in html in mobi format. In science fiction, it emphasizes space opera, hard science fiction, and military science fiction. For more freely downloadable baen books, visit the baen free library. In 2002, baen also started adding cdroms into some hardcovers of newest titles in. Jim doesnt understand the logic of making his books hard for people to read. As far as anyone seems to know there was no cd labeled. Anyone who wishes can read these titles online no conditions, no strings attached.
For that matter, the baen cd repository at the fifth imperium had to remove an entire cd of lois mcmaster bujolds stuff. So when i saw the book this month on my public librarys new book shelf, i picked it up. If youve explored baens free cd collection of free ebooks before, this may interest you with an awesome library of hundreds of free ebooks available in every major format. Thus if you download a zipped or othererwise compressed version of the iso, the contents have been double compressed, and you will need to first unzip them first to get at the iso, then secondly extract the contents of the iso. This cdrom has the full electronic contents of as many books as jim baens skilled people could cram into it. It appears that sales of both the books made available free and other books by the same author, even from a different publisher, increase when the electronic version is made available free of charge. This is especially important for midlist titles, which rarely get reprinted. This cd rom has the full electronic contents of as many books as the skilled people of baen books could cram into it. Some content is based on isfdb data which is available under a creative commons license if you encounter any errors or dead links, please email me comments and new links are always appreciated, but see my link policy. To see the other forums you must register or log in.
And i thought that was pretty cool, and clever too, but it was a big surprise to me to learn that they have often also included mp3 audiobook readings complete novels and short stories. All this lead me to start reading html books on my computer which lead me to buying a kindle2 once i realized that it supported my growing baen library. Baen books catalog software free download baen books catalog. In case anyone wondered, at this time there is no known 10 th cd. The cryoburn cd in the torrent download can be unpacked, and all books are in there, but the website and html is messed up. Some content is based on isfdb data which is available under a creative commons license. Some baen books that are not available as an ebook from webscriptions are available as a multiformat download from fictionwise. After his death in 2006, he was succeeded as publisher by longtime executive editor toni weisskopf. The at all costs cd is currently available as a boundin cd inside the first edition hardcover release of david webers at all costs.
Baen books catalog software free download baen books. Baen books has made approximately 50 scifi and fantasy titles available for free download in a variety of formats. Third, do a little checking and see what baen books and jim baen have done for the troops over the years. Second on the free library it turns out that most of the books being pulled will return to it. David weber weber, david, 1952 the online books page. Second, check out baen s bar but be warned that it is addictive. Download content as a zip file download iso as a zip file. Baen allows these cds to be distributed not simply to provide free electronic. Baen has added a new download option to its ebookstore.
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