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Old 11-17-2018, 08:14 PM   #1241
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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8 View Post
I'm deleting it:
- No publisher stated inside.
- Photographs interesting, but grainy (from low-res scanning?).
- There is more writing than I expected, and it is not well written.
It has the marks of being a self-pub.

Probably "Digital Services," after "Amazon," should be considered a red flag?

My apologies, again. I'll watch out for that more carefully.
It is also not available for e-ink kindles.

I think all indies are listed as sold by Amazon Digital Services. They may be a small percentage, but aren't there quite a few first rate authors that are self published?

For this book, one has to wonder whether the author, who does not have an amazon author page, has the rights to publish the photos.

How large do the photos display? If they are large, they should have been resized to fit a 6" to 8" screen. The quality should improve and would presumably be available for e-ink devices.

I think that no paper edition is a bigger red flag. (Someday that might not be the case.)
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