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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak
Personally, I think Neil Gaiman hit it head on in that by now famous YouTube video. People don't discover a new favorite author by walking into a store and paying cash for the book. They do it either by being lent or given a book.
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Some do, perhaps, but to say that this is the way that everyone discovers new authors is certainly not true. Personally, for example, I've discovered many authors I wouldn't have otherwise come across by buying (yes, paying cash for the book!) Baen's monthly "Webscription" bundles.