Book Blogger Hop
This prompt was submitted by Julie @ JadeSky:
Are you more willing to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? Or do you not have a preference?
Are you more willing to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? Or do you not have a preference?
I don’t have a preference, really—other than a handful of times a year when someone/multiple someones (including me) is doing a celebration of Indie books/publishers/authors/genres when I think about it a bit more. I really don’t spend that much time thinking about where a book comes from.
I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not—I think I could argue both ways.
There’s an important twist on that question: Am I more likely to read traditionally published books than self-published (indie) books? And the answer to that is, yes, I’m absolutely more likely to—because I’m exposed to them more, I see the advertisements for them, they show up in various algorithms more, etc. Outside of blogs and social media, I’m not going to hear a lot about self-pubbed/indie books. If that word-of-mouth kind of thing is positive, or if it comes from someone like Fahrenheit, Red Dog, Down & Out Books, etc., I’ll grab it. But I’m far more likely to hear about a book, and therefore pick it up and read it, if it’s traditionally published.
What about you?
Allyson Johnson
I confess, the only self-published books I’ve ever read were written by relatives or friends.
HCNewton
Wasn’t that long ago I’d have said the same–thankfully there’s been a shift in the quality (and quantity) of available self-pubbed material.