Thread: Are you more or less likely to read a free book?
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Old 04-22-2010, 09:07 AM   #45
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Originally Posted by queentess View Post
I've read several good free or cheap books, but they usually have a publisher.

I'm less likely to read self-published work because my TBR list has something like 300 books on it
These two points sum up my feelings. I was really surprised, when I did a spring hard-drive cleaning and went through my ebooks to tag and sort, that all of the free books I read that actually got a high rating from me were either classics, freebies of commercial books or by established authors or free/cheap titles from internet presses where there was at least some editorial (Double Dragon, BeWrite Books and Books for a Buck are all e-publishers I have had good luck with). That is not to say I could never read and enjoy a 'random guy on Smashwords' type of book, but given how large my TBR pile is right now, I probably would not seek out those types of books absent a recommendation since I know there is a greater time investment in clearing through the slog to find the good ones.
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