Quote:
Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Have you tried looking a bit? 
But seriously, some people in this thread make it seem as if great books just magically appeared in front of their eyeballs with the old system. When the truth is that they've always had an external "system" to help them choose books--whether it was best seller lists, displays at their favorite bookstore/library, recommendations from friends/bookclubs, reviews from newspapers/magazines (or just plain online research). A system they spent a lot of time and energy developing. A complex system that has become almost transparent and effortless to them.
So I GET that people might be loathe to alter or step away from that system (or develop a new one). I really do. But that in no way means that it's impossible to do so (with very successful, repeatable results). Or that such a new system could become just as effortless/transparent as the old one in time.
There's a difference between "I don't want to" and "it can't be done (and no one should want to)."
"It's all rubbish" is negated with the first indie book you find that isn't. |
Nope but then again, I have been reading maninly books on sleeping, feeding, and raising a baby this past year so I have not been doing much looking for any type of book. I need to get back into the reading habit.
But I have asked many times, over many years, for people to provide me with places to go to find Indie books that have been vetted so that I would have a starting place. Many times people responded to said request with open hostility. The implication of my question was that there was too much crap to dredge through to find the gems and people were offended by that.
Truth be told, the few times I went Indie shopping I found crap, crap, and more crap and gave up.
So, if someone will provide a nice list of websites that I can use to look for good Indie authors I would happily search them out.
Becca: I have not looked at your work but if the fairy tales are appropriate for kids, I would be happy to do so in the near future. Well, a few years when baby boy is ready for that level of reading. Right now he loves it when we read to him and picks up a book to leaf through at all hours of the day. I love it.