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Old 12-19-2010, 01:32 PM   #16
ATDrake
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I'll pick up any freebies I spot MR member authors posting, but given the issues with self-pub pointed out by others upthread, I currently only actually pay for:

a) rights-reverted backlist works by established authors who are familiar to me from previous reading, who've just happened to put their work up on Smashwords (Diane Duane, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, the BookViewCafé stable, etc.), or

b) new works from established-and-tried print authors whose small-press publishing house is experimenting with ebook releases (Brian Stableford, Storm Constantine, Sharyn McCrumb, Mercedes Lackey etc.)

If and when I finally get around to reading any of the self-pub freebies I've picked up, if it's an entertaining work of reasonable quality which is free of the sorts of errors mentioned above and I'm interested, I'll willingly pay for further work provided it seems like it's at the right sort of price for what I expect to get.

But otherwise, I just don't buy unknown self-pub stuff, which makes up the vast majority of Smashwords, so I guess my answer to the topic question is: Very occasionally, under certain circumstances, with particular riders attached.

Oh, and my fiction genres are sf/fantasy/speculative, with regular dips into historical, mysteries (sleuth preferred over thriller), and literary; combinations welcome. Though I'll try anything if it looks reasonably interesting and I can get an initial read free.
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