Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsPartridge
Are you happy with the free books offered?
|
Freebies hold virtually
zero value for me.
I won't let freebies or ebook formats or ebook readers to govern my reading habits. The new technology is supposed to add to my experience, not to detract from it. Thus I read what I want. 99.99...% it is never free. I think since 2006 only 4 books that were (at some point of time) on my TBR list were offered for free.
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by
Robin Hobb
The Secret History of Moscow by
Ekaterina Sedia
However, by the time they were offered for free I have already purchased and read them.
A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet #1) by
Daniel Abraham
was offered by Tor but cannot get the rest of the series in the proper format, then again by the time I get to read the series I am sure all of the books will be available
Avempartha (The Riyria Revelations #2) by
Michael J. Sullivan
was offered by his publisher for free. ePub was an abomination. Book 2??? why not to start with book 1, you cannot start reading 6 books series from book 2. The series is unfinished anyway, so I would not read it now.
I have two books from mobilereader's library for future reading. Sherlock Holmes and Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat.
That's it.
Amazon tactics of throwing tons of freebies so they maintain a high profile of a provider of huge number of freebies to attract people who don't bother to check the quality of freebies that are offered, doesn't work with me (reminds me of sheep discussed in another topic). Most of the Amazon's freebies are rubbish in my opinion.
If I want to read a book, I am prepared to pay for it but I won't waste my time on reading something only because it is free.