My thoughts on free crap (or: how not to get frustrated with a Kindle full of bad things)

[lar_laughs]

I'm going through my notes from last weekend and purchasing (or wishlisting) the books I heard about on panels. All this effort has me thinking: I wish that I had "two" Kindles. One for books that have gotten good reviews from people I admire and respect for their reading opinion... and one for books that I get for free or from the lists I belong to that have dubious reviews. I'm so tired of wading through free books. It's making me rethink ever giving away my books for free. I think people wouldn't mind paying a couple of dollars for a well-written book. I'm so tired of free crap.

Comments

[hufflepuffsneak.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've mostly decided to use those lists for when a good work goes on sale. I don't have enough time to wade through crap.

[mierke.livejournal.com]

These days I usually check the daily free books on Amazon against the average rating on Goodreads (only take 4 or higher). Because I got really, really fed up with it, too.

[lar_laughs.livejournal.com]

I need to start checking Goodreads because the reviews on Amazon lie a lot! Some of what I get fed up with is just simple punctuation that anyone could help the writer with! It's not rocket science!

[lar_laughs.livejournal.com]

Some of the lists have been lying to me lately. I've thrown out a lot more than I've read!