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Originally Posted by David J. Guyton
Back on topic,
It's really up to the reader to determine if a book is worth taking a risk on. I even give my book out for free on Smashwords so there is nothing to lose (many authors do this). I can't help that reviews are not all on one site. Amazon is probably the best place because more books are sold there than anywhere else, and there is a very active community there reviewing books. We independents have no real way to avertise, so reviews and word of mouth is all we really have.
There are probably millions of independent writers world wide....TRUST me, if you have heard of them, they are worth reading.
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Very interesting to hear your story, thanks. I guess you have a point. Still it's hard for us readers too! We just want to know if our time (and money) is well spend. It's not easy to find worthwhile books if you have nothing to go on. You know that your book has only one review on smashwords.(with no rating) I would never have thought to look for reviews on amazon for your book(which are very good). If I had to do that with every book on smashwords just to see if there good reviews I would have to spend massive amounts of time. You do see how that can be a problem? Besides not all authors on smashwords are on amazon are they?
B.t.w. I have downloaded a sample of your book. You have one more reader!
