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Originally Posted by Marioninyc
@fictionbot -- The opening post I thought was dealing with how things are now, and I thought referring to sites like smashwords and Kindle where samples are generally offered. In the OP the complaint referenced the suspect reader comments, so my question was trying to look at other alternatives for the poster besides simply dismissing all promotion.
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Even at Smashwords, some books offer as little as 5% for a sample--which includes the first couple of pages with the Smashwords copyright info.
With the lack of filtering that traditional publishers offer, the online ebook communities need gatekeepers or at least guides. We need people who say "if you like X in a book, here's a list of potential enjoyable reads; if you don't like Y, here's some books to avoid." And it's likely to be disorganized & scattered, especially at first, but still better than what's available now, which is "whatever the ebook stores deign to host & don't delete."