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Originally Posted by Fbone
Back then I had some extra time and didn't mind looking through the hundreds of free books each day.
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As has been said already, most of the free books from indies aren't that good. The better ones are not free (unless they're in KU). There are a few exceptions, but that's the general trend.
I just look through
any new books in my favorite genres every few months. It doesn't matter to me whether they're tradpubs or indie, or how high/low the price is (I can always wait for the price to drop). I've found indies that are every bit as good as traditionally published authors, and I've been disappointed with many a tradpub. If an indie book is an absolute trash, that can be easily ascertained from the Look Inside.
Of course, my personal method is by no means mainstream. Most people don't have either time or patience to sift through hundreds or even thousands of books several times a year, and so they rely on other methods (reviews, articles, blogs, recommendations etc). I've found those methods don't work for me. Whether a given person liked the book or not has no bearing whatsoever on whether
I will like it.