Smashwords scares me. It's a little ironic, perhaps, given that I'm published on Smashwords, but whenever I glance at their main page it's always cluttered with a long list of books that just look...well, terrible. The blurbs are so amateurish and many of the plotlines so absurd it's almost as if the author had posted a giant sign reading, "Don't Bother With This! It's Not Really Worth It".
I'm sure there's worthwhile content there but I'm not sure where to find it; looking for a good read on Smashwords feels like wading into a sewage canal to go oyster-diving. Maybe there's something out there worth finding, but how much swill will I end up drinking first? It might help if there were a reliable blog that reviewed Smashwords books or something...
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