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Originally Posted by azayn
Ok for those of you who are able to navigate the self-published landscape, how are you finding books? Is it through Goodreads, blogs, recommendations from friends, or some other medium? I ask because I have honestly no idea where to begin.
When I browse self-published books on Amazon, the vast majority seems to be romance which I have no interest in. Not to mention the shill reviews all over Amazon. Often self-published books are lumped together as one category despite the fact they span a wide range of genres.
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I don't look for self published books, I look for interesting books. I just don't reject self published books out of hand.
I DO look for new (to me, at least) authors. I don't care about the publishing methods. I'd guess at least two thirds of what I read is self published, though I've never actually done any sort of count. Most of my recreational reading is via Kindle Unlimited, which seems to be a bit biased towards self published books and books published by Amazon itself.
I rarely buy a book published by one of the big publishing houses. I'm not opposed to it, however. If I hear about an interesting book on TV or the radio I will buy it. sometimes the book was worth the money, sometimes it is not.