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01-27-2011, 02:51 AM | #1 | |
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Free (BN) When Cows Fly by Tom Watson -Children's fiction Illustrated?
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Whe...9781609844981/
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01-27-2011, 01:03 PM | #2 |
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Although I appreciate the effort, I wonder if posting these self-published free titles at B&N is worth it? Smashwords and Pubit apparently make these easy to give away and there are literally thousands of them (all of which have to charge in the Kindle store, due to their restrictions on free books thru DTP). You could literally post hundreds a day and perhaps never get done (seems there are a few dozen more each day at Smashwords.
Now, if it's a book you've read and recommend, that's an entirely different matter (assuming, of course, that you are not the author, the author's mother, the author's kid, the author's bookie or loan officer, etc....). |
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Well, my daughter apparently liked it on my husband's nook color...
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01-27-2011, 02:41 PM | #4 |
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Perfect - that's the type of info I'm looking for! With just a listing of the book and the description, there isn't any indication that you had tried the book (or just found it, going thru the search at B&N).
On the B&N forums, people post every free book they find, sometimes ... none of which they have read. You can imagine how cluttered that gets, when it occurs. |
01-27-2011, 04:06 PM | #5 |
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I sometimes wonder also and I only posted a few of them; the ones that seemed different or received good reviews. Like this one- a children's illustrated fiction in limerick style.
Whether it's self published, indie published or small imprint published has no bearing on the book's quality. So I leave it up to the forum members whether to download it or not. Often, the author offers his first book complimentary when another in the series is published. (I listed one of these too) I didn't list any self-published non-fiction titles as I can't confirm if (s)he had it fact checked by an independent consultant. |
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