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Re: RI May 2018

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In article <2197aa5b-d8f3-4479-8ea8-bf214381dc48@googlegroups.com>,
Ahasuerus  <ahasuerus@email.com> wrote:
>On Friday, June 8, 2018 at 1:01:12 PM UTC-4, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> In article <fYvSC.142434$z83.6466@fx19.iad>,
>> Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> >Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>> >>On 6/7/2018 11:52 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> >>> In article <ff39bd89-3ee4-4777-89b2-f1a0bcc49471@googlegroups.com>,
>> >
>> >>> What can I say?  My filters seem to be set differently than yours.
>> >>> I certainly enjoyed the book more than say, something like
>> >>> 
>> >>> 	_Starcruiser Polaris: Blood of Patriots_
>> >>> 	by Richard Tongue
>> >>> 	http://amzn.to/2qnehNw
>> >>> 
>> >>> which is also an indie space opera, and comptently edited.  And dull.
>> >>> 
>> >>> So, was the gain/pain ratio too high to continue, or no?
>> >>
>> >>Any book on Big River that is only available in Kindle is naturally 
>> >>suspicious to me.  If the author cannot be bothered to make a POD 
>> >>version then what does that say about their book ?
>> >
>> >That they don't care[*] about the .00001% of people that would rather
>> >have the POD?
>> >
>> >[*] Or rather, not worth the hassle & cost.
>>
>> I don't know anything at all about the guy, but given he never put book 2
>> on Amazon, I suspect he just doesn't care about making money with them
>> at all.
>
>The afterword says "I'm also going to start a Patreon, and I'm going
>to be completely honest about why, I need money like everyone else on
>Earth, and if I can make enough with a Patreon I don't have to take
>any minimum wage jobs (A little unrealistic but I can hope.)"

Hmm.  OK, wrong again!

Maybe I should read afterwords...
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RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-04 04:22 +0000
  Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-04 11:02 -0700
    Re: RI May 2018 ted@hotrod.bn02868.foressc.wayport.net (Ted Nolan) - 2018-06-04 23:21 +0000
    Re: RI May 2018 "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2018-08-18 20:08 +0000
      Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-08-19 02:20 +0000
  Re: RI May 2018 Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-04 14:39 -0700
  Re: RI May 2018 D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-05 12:50 +0000
    Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-05 17:39 +0000
  Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-07 09:21 -0700
    Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-07 16:52 +0000
      Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-07 14:20 -0700
        Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-07 21:25 +0000
          Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-07 14:56 -0700
      Re: RI May 2018 Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-07 16:46 -0500
        Re: RI May 2018 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-06-08 13:58 +0000
          Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-08 17:01 +0000
            Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-08 10:30 -0700
              Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-08 17:34 +0000
  Re: RI May 2018 tsbrueni@gmail.com - 2018-08-19 07:52 -0700
    Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-08-19 16:32 +0000

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