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Originally Posted by MartinParish
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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As a "smashwords author" myself, I've got to agree. I haven't done much browsing and all of the smashwords books I've downloaded were written by people I'd "met" on other sites. It's not set up in a way that's inviting to consumers. They don't have the search engine set up to show you 99 cent bargains or books that are "hot" that week. It's not fun or attractive. I use it for one reason -- Smash premium will get your books into the other major e-stores, eventually.