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These CDs are generally available bound into the first edition of the books they are titled for. A few of the CDs (those marked with the P prefix) are not bound in any book and were made available as publishing industry promotional material.
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 CD's primary ebook. For a modest investment of about $6, you can buy the book, which gives you access to a downloadable copy of the CD, anyway. Or you can buy the entire Webscription month that the CD accompanies for $15 and/or buy the book in paper form.
For more freely downloadable Baen books, visit the Baen Free Library.
While these CDs are provided to commercially promote Baen, there is no financial gain for me, the hosting-guy.
Server Date: 2008-04-20 20:02:52
Nothing new to report.
I just thought that I'd put something new up to prove that the feed isn't broken... or abandoned.
Despite being two months since my last notice, I'll try to update something every month or so, even when nothing new is reportable.
So far as I know, the next CD is due with Claws that Catch by John Ringo and Travis Taylor due in November '08.
| 01-HonorverseCD/ | - | Directory |
| 02-AldenataCD/ | - | Directory |
| 03-SlammersCD/ | - | Directory |
| 04-DragonsCD/ | - | Directory |
| 05-ScepteredIsleCD/ | - | Directory |
| 06-WindRiderCD/ | - | Directory |
| 06B-SaganamiCD/ | - | Directory |
| 07-LookingGlassCD/ | - | Directory |
| 08-GhostCD/ | - | Directory |
| 09-AtAllCostsCD/ | - | Directory |
| 10-ThePhantomCD/ | - | Directory |
| 11-UntotheBreachCD/ | - | Directory |
| 12-HellHathNoFuryCD/ | - | Directory |
| 13-TheBalticWarCD/ | - | Directory |
| 13-TheBestofJimBaensUniverseCD/ | - | Directory |
| 14-ThePhantomCD/ | - | Directory |
| 15-WhentheTideRisesCD/ | - | Directory |
| Gutenberg SF 200703 CD/ | - | Directory |
| P01-TheShadowofSaganamiCD/ | - | Directory |
| P02-LookingGlassCD/ | - | Directory |
| P03-UntotheBreachCD/ | - | Directory |
| P04-TheSpiderCD/ | - | Directory |
| P05-WhentheTideRisesCD/ | - | Directory |
Publisher Jim Baen's last CD-ROM Orientation (CD 9)
Author David Drake's CD-ROM Orientation (CD 3)
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For the small minority of people who still seem to think that this site is blatantly trampling upon multiple copyrights and don't believe what's in the linked CD-ROM Orientation, feel free to visit the Baen Publishing Enterprises web site and drop a dime on me. They have a lively web forum and you can speak to the publisher and webmaster directly in several conferences. Just be prepared to be roundly mocked after complaining about this site.
Baen knows all about this site, to the point where the publisher has my phone number and she's not afraid to use it.
Since May 1, 2005