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Old 10-10-2009, 03:41 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Superlucky View Post
I've downloaded some at Smashwords based on popularity (excluding the erotic fiction), but I've not read them yet. I understand that a lot of the popularity at Smashwords and Feedbooks is a result of good marketing as much as good writing, so its probably not a great system.
I think you're right about marketing being an important factor in popularity, _but_: this is also the case in traditionally published books. So even if the system is note prefect, we can hope to get a taste of something different by exploring self-published works (at the very least, the marketing used is different

In the meantime I found the MoblieRead authors on feedbok list:
http://feedbooks.com/list/1121

I'm going to start some explorations from here I think.
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