The trouble with free books is:
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These are my thoughts exactly! I like to download free ebooks on my kindle but have found that a vast majority of them are poorly written or it seems they haven't been proofread for even the most obvious mistakes. Sometimes the plot of the story is intriguing enough, but the greatness of a story can easily be lost in bad grammar and lack of flow. You can tell a majority of the books were written by the "average Joe".sglee425 wrote:The trouble with free ebooks is that a lot of them are not edited well. I buy mostly free ebooks on Amazon and am not able to finish half of them. I'd say there's only about 10% that are really good. Those good ones are worth all the crap you have to wade through though.
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This. Yes, I have an issue with books that lack editing. I am willing to pay to get more books, but I resent having my time wasted by 'authors' who never bothered to have anyone look over their work before they published it.sglee425 wrote:The trouble with free ebooks is that a lot of them are not edited well. I buy mostly free ebooks on Amazon and am not able to finish half of them. I'd say there's only about 10% that are really good. Those good ones are worth all the crap you have to wade through though.
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I like them all, but sometimes I am looking specifically for one type or another, but I have to sift through them all and it's time consuming and aggravating.
Otherwise - free e-books are absolutely WoNDERFUL.
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However, Amazon offers something they call serials, which are novels broken into small sections. In the description of the first section, they clearly state that once you've purchased the first part, you will not have to pay to get the other parts. It's a single book that you'll just get in installments. Sounds fair enough, but after purchasing one, when I tried to get the rest of it, I learned that I was going to be charged for it. Went back and reread the info on the first one, just to make sure I hadn't misunderstood, but it was there in very clear and simple language, saying the other parts would be delivered automatically with no further charge. There's a difference between honestly offering a free sample, and outright lying about what's being purchased.
--Vol. Bobby Sands