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out that, as near as anyone can tell, distributing free electronic versions of books is a great way to sell more of the paper editions, while simultaneously getting the book into the hands of readers who would otherwise not be exposed to my work. I still don't know how it is artists will earn a living in the age of the Internet, but I remain convinced that the way to find out is to do basic science: that is, to do stuff and observe the outcome. That's what I'm doing here. The thing to remember is that the very *worst* thing you can do to me as an artist is to not read my work -- to let it languish in obscurity and disappear from posterity. Most of the fiction I grew up on is out-of-print, and this is doubly true for the short stories. Losing a couple bucks to people who would have bought the book save for the availability of the free electronic text is no big deal, at least when compared to the horror that is being irrelevant and unread. And luckily for me, it appears that giving away the text for free gets me more paying customers than it loses me. You can find the canonical version of this file at http://craphound.com/place/download.php If you'd like to convert this file to some other format and distribute it, you have my permission, provided that: * You don't charge money for the distribution * You keep the entire text intact, including this notice, the license below, and the metadata at the end of the file * You don't use a file-format that has "DRM" or "copy-protection" or any other form of use-restriction turned on If you'd like, you can advertise the existence of your edition by posting a link to it at http://craphound.com/place/000012.php -- Here's a summary of the license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0 Attribution. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees must give the original author credit. No Derivative Works. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display and perform only unaltered copies of the work -- not derivative works based on it. Noncommercial. The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees may not use the work for commercial purposes -- unless they get the licensor's permission. And here's the license itself: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0-legalcode THE WORK (AS DEFINED BELOW) IS PROVIDED UND
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