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Originally Posted by shalym
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
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None of my friends or family read Indies so recommendations are not forthcoming from there. I am lazy and like to look through lists that other folks have generated. I do not like Goodreads, just really don't like it. I have not taken the time to play with the site because I don't have a ton of time. It is not intuitive to me.
I don't care who publishes what I read, I just want to read good stuff. When I was trying to look for Indie Authors a few years back, I was not able to find anything that was at a level that didn't drive me crazy.
I fail to see how anything above is belittles anyone.