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Re: Books 2.0: Neil Gaiman goes free

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Re: Books 2.0: Neil Gaiman goes free

MarkDykeman — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:18:41 -0000

At the same time, at some point I thought King said he made over $400 K (which was at least $500K Canadian back then) from sales to date. Perhaps it wasn't what he was accustomed to making. :)

It will be interesting to see if Gaiman and co. attempt to monetize after the fact.

Re: Books 2.0: Neil Gaiman goes free

mathewi — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:17:02 -0000

Yes, as I recall he provided chapters on a pay-as-you-go basis, but
gave it up partway through because not enough people were paying for
them.

Re: Books 2.0: Neil Gaiman goes free

MarkDykeman — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:54:07 -0000

If nothing else, this will be a fascinating experiment. There aren't a lot of authors who could afford to do this, though. Maybe Stephen King could - he experimented with micropayments (?) for an online book a couple of years ago.