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queentess · 04-19-2010, 08:20 AM

I'm more likely to snag it if it's free, though I've gotten much more strict about what I'll download because I've read way too much self-published crap that a publisher would have saved me from reading. (Note that not all self-published items are crap. But an overwhelming percentage are.)

I'm more likely to READ the thing if it's something I sought out and purchased rather than just an "OMG THIS IS FREE READ AND LEAVE A REVIEW".

There is, of course, some middle ground here. Several publishers offer freebies on the first books in a series, and I'm more likely to both download AND read these. Just got around to reading a freebie (Assassin's Apprentice) that was first offered about a year ago; loved it so much that I'm already working on the sequel.

04-19-2010, 08:20 AM	#40
queentess Reading is sexy Posts: 1,303 Karma: 544517 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	I'm more likely to snag it if it's free, though I've gotten much more strict about what I'll download because I've read way too much self-published crap that a publisher would have saved me from reading. (Note that not all self-published items are crap. But an overwhelming percentage are.) I'm more likely to READ the thing if it's something I sought out and purchased rather than just an "OMG THIS IS FREE READ AND LEAVE A REVIEW". There is, of course, some middle ground here. Several publishers offer freebies on the first books in a series, and I'm more likely to both download AND read these. Just got around to reading a freebie (Assassin's Apprentice) that was first offered about a year ago; loved it so much that I'm already working on the sequel.