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Originally Posted by Britomart
When I proposed we open up this thread to romances from other retailers and to freebies and bargains, I did so because I thought this would give the thread a wider scope.
.... The valuable information, for me, is which of the cheap or free ebooks out there are actually the ones worth getting. So the more people post here, identifying authors or titles that are worth reading, the better.
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Full disclosure-- I'm not typically a "romance" reader by any stretch of the imagination, but I find myself reading this thread regularly for two reasons:
1) I love the concept of it (readers of a particular genre banding together with good advice), and I find the member interaction in the thread compelling.
2) there are occasional authors that I know I enjoy that write both romance and non-romance books, and I guess/hope/suspect that their books are more likely to get a mention in this thread due to their "romance" fans.
I love Britomart's post quoted in part above. The critical thing in this thread is which books are
worth reading at a bargain price, not where the books come from. It's a great idea if a post makes it clear what source the bargain is from, and if you can't (or aren't willing) to convert, scan for posts with that info and skip over the posts that are irrelevant to you.
As in nearly all threads in the Deals, Freebies forum, I wish there were more books mentioned from other sources besides Amazon. From my own attempts and comments by more experienced members, I know this is because the sheer quantity of free books is larger at Amazon & the search to find them is simpler. I try to compensate by always paying more attention to a post that mentions a source other than Amazon, since I have the feeling that an actual reader cared enough to ferret it out and post it!
Regarding 2) above:
I've read and really enjoyed several of Rachel Lee's non-romance titles, and have found myself waiting for a busy librarian to not notice that I'm checking out one of her books from the Romance section at the library. (okay, it's a guy thing.....). From her writing quality, I'm sure I'd probably enjoy some of her more accurately-classified-romance titles as well, although I've yet to try one.
There are also authors that I KNOW I enjoy that have never been classified as "Romance", although I've had a sneaking suspicion that someone in marketing was smart enough to realize that the intended audience would bypass the books for that reason. A particular writer that I enjoy is normally categorized as "Espionage", since he writes mostly Word War II era books, but I would certainly be tempted to classify some of his books as "historical romance" instead of the "Espionage" category they normally are in. (No sex, so heaving bodies, but most certainly romance in it's classic intent is the true theme.) I'm certain that there are authors where the opposite is true-- the "romance" classification targets the intended audience well, and unfortunately leads to guys like me passing up a good book. I have hopes that with a thread like this one, maybe I'll get over that problem and find more authors that I love!
... so, thanks to all here, and keep up the good work!
KentE