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Old 06-13-2013, 11:56 AM   #129
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Originally Posted by shalym View Post
Why do you need to go "Indie shopping" at all? When I buy a book, I do it based on recommendations from friends, or acquaintances, or websites I trust. If the book is cheap enough, and I like the blurb, I buy it. If the book is over my impulse threshold price-wise, I read through the reviews, and maybe download a sample. I have never consciously bought an "Indie" book just because it was Indie. What types of books do you like? If you don't have friends that you can get recommendations from, find a web site that is dedicated to books in the genre that you like. Or check out groups on Goodreads to find people that like the same types of books that you do.

All that being said, if you REALLY don't want to read self published books, then don't. Just don't belittle those of us who don't care who the publisher is.

Shari
I find myself indie shopping more these days because of one simple little fact: Price. That is not the way I used to shop for books, but it's become more...required of late. And even in that case, I'm not really shopping for indie books specifically--I'm actually shopping by price. I end up reading a lot of indie books because they are the ones in my current price range.
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