Great idea, thanks.
As for author's comments on just reading the samples and existing reviews-
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I certainly don't have time to go through smashbooks or any other web site and just troll for a book or two I *might* like, that *might* be well written etc.
I've been trying to find blogs and review sites just like ficbots! Although he appears to enjoy genres that aren't quite my thing.
I'd love to support indie authors. But hey, since I'm going to be forking over my hard earned credit card transactions, I certainly am not going to put a lot of work into it. And there are too many free classics out there for me to spend my time reading half a book that may or may not be good.
Is there a thread somewhere with review sites that specialize in the indies?