Not LJ member, so: read serialized? Only favorite author or story I really wanted to read. Generally speaking, I prefer reading in one go rather than a serial; Fledging/Saltation was a major exception! Donate? If it was a favorite author, sure. Prefer to make one donation (as I did with the Theo books & Diane Duane's Big Meow). Prefer to receive something? Nice, but not vital; though I think it's appropriate when the story is done to at least repackage it in a compact all-at-once form (epub, non-DRM Mobi, zip of HTML, whatever). Nice to get a paper book, but not a requirement; whatever the author is able to do, though of course HC is best. Re donation, if I'm supporting the author, then it depends on my budget and how desperately I want the story; for the Theo stories I was willing to pay quite a bit! But that's uncommon. I would consider $5-$10 to be a fair price for something picked up blind. For a serialization, regularity is important; even more so if regularity is promised (then you end up going to the site regularly, disappointed if not there...) Would like to read more of anything Liaden! Note: PDF bad! Need format I can read on any reader. DRM double-bad! Need format that can be transformed easily, again because I use a variety of readers, and will have different ones in the future. --John N.
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Date: 2009-04-13 01:11 am (UTC)Donate? If it was a favorite author, sure. Prefer to make one donation (as I did with the Theo books & Diane Duane's Big Meow).
Prefer to receive something? Nice, but not vital; though I think it's appropriate when the story is done to at least repackage it in a compact all-at-once form (epub, non-DRM Mobi, zip of HTML, whatever). Nice to get a paper book, but not a requirement; whatever the author is able to do, though of course HC is best.
Re donation, if I'm supporting the author, then it depends on my budget and how desperately I want the story; for the Theo stories I was willing to pay quite a bit! But that's uncommon. I would consider $5-$10 to be a fair price for something picked up blind.
For a serialization, regularity is important; even more so if regularity is promised (then you end up going to the site regularly, disappointed if not there...)
Would like to read more of anything Liaden!
Note: PDF bad! Need format I can read on any reader. DRM double-bad! Need format that can be transformed easily, again because I use a variety of readers, and will have different ones in the future.
--John N.