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Originally Posted by James_Wilde
I agree, Nashira, from the reader's point of view. But not so hot from the writer's point of view. Even if the reader reduces their choices by selecting their favourite genres, there are still an awful lot of books to wade through in the search for a good sample, which makes each author's chance of being selected a vanishing probablity, unless (s)he can find a way to move the book up the list and in front of the reader.
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I suppose it's all relative - I can get to a
lot more different kinds of ebooks that none of the shops around here with dtb's would have stocked, even if it was a best seller. Plus the cost of books in some places is prohibitive or enough people just aren't interested. If a reader is too lazy/doesn't have enough time too look... they'd probably have missed a bunch of good books in paper, too, even with big publishers behind the authors.
Edit: There's also the fact that authors are loosing readers because of other issues in the ebook world, such a DRM (won't buy into it, and neither will a bunch of others), format (wouldn't be an issue without drm), REALLY crappily formatted books (even from big houses) and my other personal favourite aside from DRM (not) geographical restrictions - to which I am subjected a plenty by big houses if I even just want the sample of the book.