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Originally Posted by Joykins
Same here. The new Scribd thing did promise "Substantial previews of any book or audiobook" but I don't know what this means. Usually by the end of a preview I know if a book is drek, unless the preview is all front matter (which happens).
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I just don't know either. I read a lot of samples off Amazon and lately I've been on the fence more often than not so I end up not reading the books. I'm going through a VERY PICKY stage and have been for a year or so. I'm not surprised that SCRIBD had to do something because they can't keep paying full price for all those books that readers read past the 20 percent point, but they also have to keep their paying base happy. It's pretty hard to sign up "non-voracious readers" to a reading buffet. But it's also hard to make money from voracious readers at a buffet...