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... and then we'll need a list of the good blogs vs the less good blogs ...
With so much material being self-published, without the benefits of editors and sometimes advance peer review, you need to expect a lot more chaff than wheat among the indies. (That is not to say all "published" material is terrific and all indie material is second rate -- by having the stamp of "Knopf" on the spine significantly raises the odds the product is worth consuming.)
The samples are a great tool: any author who can't make a case for the next 20 chapters in the first one or two probably hasn't much of a case. The problem is: which samples? You are back to trying to figure out which to spend your time on. I have to admit that Amazon's reader comments are often helpful, provided there are enough that are thoughtful.
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