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fjtorres · 09-08-2014, 09:15 AM

Well, two things I've done is I'm buying a lot of backlist from familiar authors (if the price is acceptable) and keeping an eye out for indie titles in previously underserved genres like superhero novels. A lot of good stuff that used to get filtered out for being unconventional or cross-genre is now hitting the market. I'm also picking up more euro-translations (mostly from german) now that Amazon has become the top source of translated fiction in the US.

In the olden days I'd average about 6-8 new pbooks a month between book clubs and paperbacks but since I started boycotting the BPHs I'm averaging well over 10. And spending a lot less money.

09-08-2014, 09:15 AM	#2
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Well, two things I've done is I'm buying a lot of backlist from familiar authors (if the price is acceptable) and keeping an eye out for indie titles in previously underserved genres like superhero novels. A lot of good stuff that used to get filtered out for being unconventional or cross-genre is now hitting the market. I'm also picking up more euro-translations (mostly from german) now that Amazon has become the top source of translated fiction in the US. In the olden days I'd average about 6-8 new pbooks a month between book clubs and paperbacks but since I started boycotting the BPHs I'm averaging well over 10. And spending a lot less money.