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Originally Posted by bashfulbanshee
Hi,
New poster and Kindle 3 owner here. I haven't read an indie book yet, but I have one on my to read list (by Gregg Taylor, I've been listening to the Decoder Ring Theatre podcast for six months now). I'm just curious about everyone's thoughts here regarding indie e-books.
I'm a voracious reader and I'm very open to reading indie authors, but I haven't found any other indie authors I've placed on my to-read list because I haven't:
(1) Gotten a recommendation from a friend whose taste I like (which is how I got into the Decoder Ring Theatre)
(2) Found an indie book with a description + cover in a format that's accessible enough for me to sample it.
It all seems pretty trivial, but as a reader, I want to spend more time reading books than looking for books. It's pretty overwhelming looking at the sea of indie e-books out there. I'm sure there's gold out there for me, but I just don't want to sort through them all!
So here's my personal wishlist for indie e-books:
(1) A rise in niche e-book websites that in a way, vets the authors for me.
I like Smashwords as much as the next person, but everyone's on it! I want a nice professional-looking website, at minimum looks as nice as ManyBooks.net, with covers and ...What do you folks think? Readers? Indie writers? Do these nicely presented third party websites that cater to a niche already exist and I'm just missing out? I'm open to being enlightened  |
There's good and bad in both Indie and Traditionally Published. I've read some authors who had a publisher and I didn't care much for their books, and then there are Indie authors that I didn't care for either. By the same token, I've found the opposite. Today there are traditionally published authors who have left their publishers in favor of going Indie because they're fed up with their agents and their publishers. Look at the case of one of my favorite authors, Barry Eisler:
http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknews...self-pub_b7846
JA Konrath was TP when I discovered him, then he went Indie for personal reasons. Guess what, his books are just as good.
Hope this helps.