Editing Eric Flint (section)

==Electronic publishing==
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Eric Flint is noted as a co-founder and editor of the [[Baen Free Library]]. The library is an ongoing experiment in electronic publishing where Flint and [[Jim Baen]] advocated for the availability of unprotected e-books in multiple online formats. This initiative aimed to assess whether offering free electronic versions of books could boost sales of their print or paid electronic counterparts. As part of the initial phase, Flint has published a series of essays that in form have been part of blog and ''letters to the editor'' tracking the experiment and championing the practice.<ref>[http://www.baen.com/library Free Library]</ref>

Baen Books have adopted a model of unencrypted e-book publication for all their works, providing works in various common formats. This approach is often applied to the early volumes of ongoing series, with the intent that readers may purchase subsequent installments. New releases are also available as [[e-book]]s in the same unencrypted formats as the free library through Baen WebScriptions. With this model, subscribers can purchase a monthly ''collection'' of five bundled works in the release stage of publication. Once the bundle reaches four months from its scheduled release date in print, about half of the work is serialized and available to readers purchasing the ''advanced peek''. A month later, the next quarter, followed by the last quarter, available about a month on average ahead of any printed work. The last delivery contains the copyedited e-book version of the book.

In addition to the bundled offerings, ''electronic Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs)'' can be purchased separately. These followed a successful experiment with an online [[eMagazine]], called the ''Grantville Gazette'' (see [[1632 series|''1632'' series]]). These ARCs are unproofed manuscripts and may contain numerous errors and typos. However these are released before the first part of the monthly bundles. These copies do not include the final proofed version, which is available only in the single or monthly bundle for that book. In March 2007, Flint began acting as publisher of a for-free web-access version of the gazette.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.grantvillegazette.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014013014/http://www.grantvillegazette.com | archive-date=October 14, 2007 | title=Grantville Gazette » Grantville Gazette }}</ref>

Flint also helmed [[Jim Baen's Universe]], an e-zine published from 2006 until 2010.