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So how do I find you guys? Because that's the biggest problem between the two of us. It should be based on my reading history, but goodreads is pretty useless,
by comboy 3y ago
So how do I find you guys? Because that's the biggest problem between the two of us. It should be based on my reading history, but goodreads is pretty useless, storygraph is better but still not that great.
I've been recently finding most good books by lengthy talks with GPT4 since I can explain in detail what I want, what I enjoyed and what I didn't, but that only works for books which are already popular (and even with old books, there are some great ones which are niche enough to never become really popular).
- drakonka 3y agoUnfortunately discovery still usually comes down to some manual sleuthing. It really depends on the genre, but I think you'll find that many ebooks on distributors like Amazon, Kobo, etc are self-published, so we're pretty easy to find! Check out the top 100 category in your favorite niche and you'll _likely_ find a good number of self-published titles there. If you come across an author you really end up liking, most have newsletters and/or a social media presence. You can also sign up for ebook deal sites like BookBub, which send out deals for books in your preferred genre. They often feature self-published works. BB tends to be quite selective with what books they work with, so hopefully you'd find some nice quality work there (but of course it can always be a bit hit and miss).
- AlbertCory 3y agoOn Substack, someone gave me "Legends & Lattes" which is a recent book I'd never have known about. fyi: it's a "high stakes / low conflict" book. Yes, there are orcs, elves, and so forth, but they're kinda incidental to the plot. Not really sci-fi IMHO.