Some personal thoughts on authors' giveaways

I had written that I'd want to read a particular author's work before buying a book by them. lee_rowan pointed me to a free short story by that author at All Romance e-books.

My reply:

(*Rushes over to All Romance.*)

However (not to sound ungrateful, which I undoubtedly do), this seems the proper time to explain why free online samples and free short fiction aren't of much use to me when I'm deciding whether to buy a book.

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How I reply to comments at this journal

I love receiving comments here (as those of you who have heard my pleas for comments already know). But because I have to limit my online time, it's difficult for me to reply separately to a dozen or more comments that have been posted since I was online last, especially since I read those comments offline.

Therefore if you post a comment, I'll respond to you in the "Reply to comments" section of my next Daily Life post.

I'm sorry that this is somewhat less convenient to folks posting here than my posting a reply directly to your comment, and I hope that this won't discourage you from posting comments. This method helps me to respond to comments more quickly than I have in the past.

[Updated August 2010.]