Thread: The Big Reasons Indie Authors Aren't Taken Seriously
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Old 02-01-2012, 03:33 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph View Post
I agree with both of you! I am very sick of shifting through crap to find gems. I just don't have the patience, lol. What's worse is that as I've gotten older I stopped forcing myself to finish books I hated - which means I'm loosing money. I've bought some books by indie authors that were so bad I COULDN'T finish - even though I wanted to.
I've taken to trying the samples at Smashwords. If the first dozen pages don't have me riveted, I skip it. I know there's something else I'll love reading; I don't have time for entertainment content that I don't find intensely interesting.

I do a lot of quick sample-and-forget (which means I'm likely to run across them again later, sigh; SW has no "don't show me this again" option), and then buying the entire collection of any author I actually like.
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