Jim Baen

Jim Baen

James Patrick "Jim" Baen (| beɪn |; October 22, 1943 Pennsylvania – June 28, 2006 Raleigh, North Carolina) was a noted U.S. science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983 he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, military science fiction and space opera genres. In late 1999 he started an electronic publishing business called Webscriptions (since renamed to Baen Ebooks), which is considered to be the first profitable e-book vendor.

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