Jim Baen

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Jim Baen
Born	James Patrick Baen (1943-10-22)October 22, 1943 Pennsylvania
Died	June 28, 2006(2006-06-28) (aged 62) Raleigh, North Carolina
Occupation(s)	Science fiction publisher and editor

James Patrick Baen (| beɪn |; October 22, 1943 – June 28, 2006) was a 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. Baen also founded the video game publisher, Baen Software.^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}