Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm old enough to remember the Golden (pre-indie, pre-ebook, pre-Amazon) Days when competently-written, traditionally-published books that were perfectly matched to my (ever changing) tastes fell from the sky onto my outstretched palms (like manna from heaven) precisely 3 minutes after finishing the book I was currently reading. No effort/research required on my part whatsoever. Man, those were the days.
Nothing like today--where there are no tools at our disposal to easily screen potential candidates. Where you actually have to TELL retailers which book you want and then wait FOREVER for it to arrive and hope like hell it's going to be something you can at least tolerate.
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