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Originally Posted by neilmarr
An aside: As a buyer, I'm getting pissed off with Smashwords because this keeps happening: I'm not one for free tasters, so on Roger's recommendation, I bought the full version of *To Speak for the Dead*. First thing was finding it (tough). Then, when I did, Smashwords said my PayPal didn't word. I started over -- only to find 'You Have Already Bought This Book'. So I went to download the ePub. Turns out I bought it twice. That's cool, but Smashwords appears to have some major problems. Sheeit ... it doesn't move half the time (and this from someone who has more than eighty titles running with them). I really believe Mark should expend more effort on making the site work properly than on promo. Promo's useless if it leads you to something that's busted. Neil
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I did put the link in my post to save people looking.
My TBR is so long I generally never now buy a book from smashwords without reading the sample first. If you read that far you will sure as hell buy the book to see how it ends. A great system! saves me buying dross I will never read
Personally I find the samples very useful, providing the author has made it a sensible size, at least 25-30%. Less than that I don't bother to consider the book unless highly recommended.
I did on only one occasion have problems downloading a sample but that was fixed quickly after one email.
I have a few times gone to look at a book I did not remember I had already bought, each time a message that I have already purchased this book pops up. (Unless they have recently changed this).
This is a pain where you have downloaded a "pay what you think it's worth" and then go back to try to pay a fair price for what has turned out to be a good book - it won't let you unless you delete it from your library first.