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Originally Posted by TechnoCat
What a strange approach! Amazon, not known for their altruistic bent, has many great books free... because they're the first of a series and it's the entry drug to get you to buy more. Oh, and some mediocre ones, but I've paid for lots of mediocre books too.
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I of course meant the situation that I did not know anything else about the book. And knowing that it is a hook into a series is knowing something else that would raise the probability that the free book was at least good.
The point is if I am going to test a new unknown book for 1-2 hours which it will take to decide if it is just OK or very good I want to maximize the probability that I find a very good book. Finding good books to read is trivial for me and I own more good books than I have time to read.