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Originally Posted by Lemurion
I'm one who normally considers PDF to mean "bad format," so calling a PDF "bad format" is either redundant (which I didn't think you were being) or a sign of truly execrable foulness.
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I'd agree. But it seems many are upset at being duped into reading the description of a free book that is posted (even those not posted by the author, which is another can of worms). They want warnings in the title, to protect them from opening up the thread (and keep those threads at the top of the list by posting their objections). Of course, there are many warnings that might need to be added: the platform (of which PDF may or may not be one), the genre (what if it is multiple or you have time to read it first and decide), geographic restrictions (never mind that most people can't find this out without going to extraordinary lengths, testing each possible geo area at a store (even if that is possible) to see if it is still free and available, the length (count me in with those that avoid short stories and business samples, not that I object if anyone posts them), besides a caution if a book might either violate their beliefs or try to change them (or just instill new ones), regardless of the agenda of the author or publisher.
Of course, it's all too much to fit into a title, without obscure abbreviations abounding. I've added the hardware platform or format to my posts and my country to my profile, but if those interested in a free book can't bother to take three seconds to open a thread and scan the first paragraph and delete if not interested, I'm not entirely sure that anyone here should cater to them excessively. In the case of the most recently objected to book (which can change at any moment), the request was to label it as "christian", so they would not have opened up the thread to see that the title clearly stated that the subject was "The Lord's Prayer". One problem with the label, though, is that the old testament is shared by several religions and short of investigating the author or reading it (and perhaps several years of scholarly research into the differences of many major religions in how they treat prayer and the Old Testament), I can't say for sure that it is uniquely "Christian" in nature.
I can say, for sure, that the only other major genre that generates so many objections when offered free is the erotica/pornmance currently being offered by Ellora's Cave, et all. The threads on that at Amazon are about as active as the ones complaining about Christian fiction (and wanting labels so they are not duped into reading something, when they are just too lazy to scroll down the description page themselves to see what labels and genre have been attached to a book).
In any case, the point has been made and the moderator is welcome to change the title of this thread, if desired. What I would have used, had not the other discussion came up, was this:
Free Book (PDF) - My Love Lies Bleeding (UK/US=Hearts at Stake)