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not being beholden to any particular author and the fact that my tastes are pretty fluid, these high prices simply aren't affecting me.
my kindle is full to the brim of indie and small press authors, many just as good as those put out by the major pubs and i didn't pay more than $5 for any of them.
my trick is that i killed my "brand" loyalty. i'm not making due with lesser authors, i found alternatives that are just as good if not better. there are scads of awesome authors out there and its pretty easy to separate the wheat from the chaff. 3 of my current favorite authors are indies and they post here on M.R. my #1 favorite is an indie author. i simply don't need whats put out by the majors (other than maybe Baen) because i'm happy as a pig in slop with what i've been reading.
i guess my point is that there are alternatives, nobody is being held hostage to anything.
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