Random Friday
I'll be a reader today instead of an author, even if DeAnna Knippling post on ebook pricing is mostly for authors! 
As you probably know, I bought my Kindle for my b-day last August. I downloaded some free writing books, but I don't know if and when I'll read them (I'm sick of non-fiction on writing, unless it's by Kris Rusch or Dean Wesley Smith – and I paid those, even if I could have read them for free on their blogs).
I also downloaded some paid fiction not available on Smashwords, and I'm trying to alternate those with my print TBR. As Smashwords sends that neat little "review reminder", I simply add books to my library – as soon as my TBR pile goes down, I'll buy 5 titles at the time from that library, starting with author friends. But when that will happen… I have no idea!
But before buying my Kindle, I had read many free PDF downloads for my historical novel research, both from Project Guttenberg and Gallica. So now I still look for classics on places like Project Guttenberg first, and the Kindle Store isn't the only place where I get my mobi files. If it's an indie author, I'd rather buy his/her book on Smashwords, so if I liked it, I can leave a review both there and on Amazon – although the fact that the different Amazon/Kindle Stores don't talk to each other and one needs to claim the profile at Author Central on all of them is quite bothersome.
So my main source will be Smashwords as soon as the TBR list goes down. That's because Smashwords has that reminder to leave a review, so I'd rather not let Smashwords titles sitting on my Kindle for months. My library (a.k.a. wish list) on Smashwords gets longer and longer, BTW… Anyway, I'm not really a freebie reader in the first place, because I usually don't check the sample, so I'd rather be sure I'm going to like what I'm buying!
Now, because it's random Friday, enough of reading and moving on to movies! A short ex-cursus on Bollywood and sci-fi, based on the three movies I've seen so far: Koi… Mil Gaya and its sequel Krrish, and Ra.One. Like action movies such as the Dhoom series that are a mish-mash of Hollywood action movies (Point Break, Ocean's Twelve, Speed…), with the addition of those lovely Bollywood songs (and dance numbers), the sci-fi titles are a mish-mash. KMG has of course E.T. (it deals with an alien stranded on Earth) and some of Rainman; Krrish copies more the superhero movies or the Matrix fights, Ra.One has bits of Tron, Final Fantasy and Terminator (and the most CG of all 3).
Two out of three have the geek scientist that creates or empower the villain out of naivety. All have strong family ties (mother or father/son, husband/wife). All mix humor and drama. And lovely dance numbers (especially with Hritik Roshan, yum! But More for the unconventional storytelling, actually, as they don't really follow Hollywood rules (thank God).
I still think Bollywood is at its best with epic movies such as Jodaa Akbar or those family melodramas or rom-coms. Which won't prevent me to check Krrish 2 (or 3, it's the third in the story, but the first had a different title, LOL). But that's because of Hritik, and I'm still the gal who pics movies mostly based on who's in it!
Wednesday's post was so long, that I'll keep this short! Have a great weekend and see you next week! 
P.S. I have enrolled all the longer works published last year in the Read an Ebook Week on Smashwords… find the five BoI, Soul Stealers and TSK1&2 at 50% – only during the Read an Ebook Week!
At one minute past midnight Pacific time on March 4, a special Read an Ebook Week promotion catalog will appear on the Smashwords home page. Readers can browse the catalog and search by coupon code levels and categories. At the stoke of midnight Pacific time on March 10, the catalog disappears.
Happy reading!
