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Originally Posted by Keryl Raist
What do you think of the Indies? Technically, we're all agency priced too because that's the only way we can get onto Amazon or Barnes and Noble or whatever. Granted we're mostly charging .99-5.99. Are you boycotting us as well? And if not, why not?
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I don't buy a lot of Indies, but not because of the agency model. It's mostly because I've become a very picky reader and am much less willing to take a chance than I once was.
With commercially published books I can usually use a combination of what I know of the publisher's range - and the other author blurbs - to get something of a feel for the book before considering it. I can also expect a certain minimum standard of technical competence on the part of the author.
With Indie books that goes out the window. They rarely have blurbs from people I recognize, and with everyone being an independent publisher, I'm less likely to know that this group publishes books I generally like, and this one publishes ones I generally don't.
There's also the fact that Indie books vary so much in quality. I've bought and read some that I really enjoyed - I've given up ten pages into others because they were so badly written. Good Indie books can be superb, but there are a lot more bad books out there - especially as the bad books are easier to produce (no need for pesky things like editing and proofing - even on the part of the author).
It's a pity, because I know some are superb, but I also know others aren't and the sheer number of bad books out there makes it hard to find the good ones.