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Originally Posted by issybird
I agree with the first. But the value of my time does matter to me as well my patience, which also is limited. Not only do I want to maximize my actual reading time by playing the odds in terms of likely sources and avoiding the ocean of carp that is self-pubbed, I also have a kindly regard for my mental and emotional health, which is not helped by reading awful stuff, even just to sample it.
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Maybe I should have clarified. My personal vetting process for finding "what interests me" rarely results in something terrible enough for me to have considered my time wasted. I very rarely buy books on whim--famous author or no-name self-pubber.