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Two thoughts occur to me on this discussion.
1) There seems to be some confusion between the word 'free' and the term 'self-published'. They aren't the same thing at all. Baen and many other reputable publishers use free as a promotional tool to pull you into the later books. (I know this doesn't interest you Astra, and I understand it doesn't work for you.). I find many of these free books to be quite worthwhile. Frankly, in many cases a publisher makes a book free that is tied to five or six others of the same series. The fact that the publisher has continued to publish the series is a pretty good sign that it has found some level of audience enjoyment.
2) In regard to self-published works -- I do read them. However, I don't like to take a chance (waste my time) on something completely untried. I read quite a bit more than Astra, but there are now so many books out there that i can be somewhat selective. This means that I look for something that has reviews of 4 stars out of five by at least 20 reviewers.
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