Jim Baen - stroke

I just read that Jim Baen is seriously ill. I have always had the highest regard for Baen as a publishing firm, and of the man, although I have never met him. Baen's has had a reputation of dealing fairly with authors in a field that makes its profits by nickel and diming the writers whose works they sell. I've heard many personal stories where contracts have been re-written and fee royalty schedules altered in favor of the author to correct inequities. This is something that is not heard of anywhere else in publishing.

I am working on a first draft of an action SF novel that I thought I might submit to Baen some day. I don't like the prospects of a publishing industry without a Jim Baen.

Strokes can be devastating. Some people can recover, but some never come back completely. I hope Jim makes it through this.

There's a thread at: Making Light: Jim Baen