The Baen CD-ROMs are promotional material for the books and authors found at www.baen.com; and the many Baen books that are also available as ebooks from Baen eBooks. Please note that the labeling on each Baen CD-ROM states “This disk and its content may be copied and shared, but NOT sold. All commercial rights reserved”.

The Baen Free Library serves much the same purpose. However, it is up to each author— and whoever controls the electronic rights— if they will place a book in that collection. Thus the Baen Free Library also includes a few books from other publishers.