Baen Catalog Available on Apple iBookstore

Baen Books are now available for purchase from Apple’s iBookstore.

Until recently, the publisher’s ebooks could be purchased only at Baenebooks.com. Then in December, Baen began offering ebooks through the Amazon Kindle store.

Whether purchased directly from Baen, or Amazon and Apple, the ebooks come DRM-free.

Baen’s best-known sf and fantasy lines include David Weber’s Honor Harrington series, Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire alternate histories, Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter International urban fantasies, and Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga.

“Now that we’ve made our books available on the iBookstore, it will be easier than ever for fans to read their favorite Weber, Ringo, or Correia book on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, says Toni Weisskopf, Publisher. “We see this as a promising expansion of our famous pioneering digital spirit and customer-first orientation.”

The full press release follows the jump.

Baen Books Makes Catalog Available on Apple iBookstore

Bestselling Baen Authors David Weber, Eric Flint, John Ringo, Larry Correia Available on iBookstore for First Time

RIVERDALE, NEW YORK, February 12, 2013 — Digital book pioneer Baen Books is making its books available for purchase on Apple’s iBookstore for the first time beginning today. Science fiction and fantasy publisher Baen Books has sold its ebooks for over fifteen years at Baen’s web site, Baenebooks.com, where books have been downloadable free of digital rights restrictions; they will also be DRM-free on the iBookstore. The move to third party distribution is relatively new territory for Baen, which has built a name for itself in the ebook arena with an innovative e-Advanced Reading Copy program.

“Now that we’ve made our books available on the iBookstore, it will be easier than ever for fans to read their favorite Weber, Ringo, or Correia book on their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, says Toni Weisskopf, Publisher. “We see this as a promising expansion of our famous pioneering digital spirit and customer-first orientation.”

Baen is known for its New York Times bestselling science fiction and fantasy, including David Weber’s Honor Harrington series, Eric Flint’s Ring of Fire alternate histories, Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter International urban fantasies, and Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga.

Find Baen’s books on the iBookstore at iTunes.com/iBookstore.

Laura Haywood-Cory

Associate Editor

Baen Books