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GtrsRGr8 · 04-20-2019, 07:56 PM

Quote from the O.P. (Opening Post) of the FREE/BARGAIN — Non-Fiction thread:
We point out free and bargain Non-Fiction titles to each other. Please don't post any self-published books*, and please do a search before posting to avoid duplicates.

In case no retailer is specifically mentioned in a post, it is safe to assume it's for Amazon US.

Be aware that many freebies are only free for a day, so grab them fast!

*Unless you have read them yourself, think they are excellent, and you're not connected to the author in any way.[/I]

Reply by Me to GlenBarrington:
The problem is that the books that I posted 1) were apparently self-published, and 2) I had not "read them" myself, "think they are excellent . . . ." In short, I broke the rules.

I almost always do at least a cursory check, before posting on a thread that has the above, or similar, restrictions, to order to make sure that the book(s) are not self-published. I failed to do it this time--I was fooled because of the high-sounding "Language Learning University" name, and the fact that there were so many of the books.

As I understand it, there is no problem posting things like that on, say, GARussell's under $3 Non-Fiction Books thread. There are not, on that thread (and others), the above restrictions that the sticky "Non-Fiction" thread has. GARussell's thread, to name one thread, is a place where I could have posted the books without breaking any of the above rules, as per the O.P. of the GARussell's thread.

[I'll have to do it on another thread, but I want, sometime, to vent my spleen about self-pubs and indies getting mixed in among the books published by traditional publishers, on various lists of marked down books.]

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GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Quote from the O.P. (Opening Post) of the FREE/BARGAIN — Non-Fiction thread: We point out free and bargain Non-Fiction titles to each other. Please don't post any self-published books, and please do a search before posting to avoid duplicates. In case no retailer is specifically mentioned in a post, it is safe to assume it's for Amazon US. Be aware that many freebies are only free for a day, so grab them fast! Unless you have read them yourself, think they are excellent, and you're not connected to the author in any way.[/I] Reply by Me to GlenBarrington: The problem is that the books that I posted 1) were apparently self-published, and 2) I had not "read them" myself, "think they are excellent . . . ." In short, I broke the rules. I almost always do at least a cursory check, before posting on a thread that has the above, or similar, restrictions, to order to make sure that the book(s) are not self-published. I failed to do it this time--I was fooled because of the high-sounding "Language Learning University" name, and the fact that there were so many of the books. As I understand it, there is no problem posting things like that on, say, GARussell's under $3 Non-Fiction Books thread. There are not, on that thread (and others), the above restrictions that the sticky "Non-Fiction" thread has. GARussell's thread, to name one thread, is a place where I could have posted the books without breaking any of the above rules, as per the O.P. of the GARussell's thread. [I'll have to do it on another thread, but I want, sometime, to vent my spleen about self-pubs and indies getting mixed in among the books published by traditional publishers, on various lists of marked down books.] Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 04-20-2019 at 08:19 PM.