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J. Strnad · 10-03-2010, 12:22 PM

Longer samples!

Sometimes all we get is "Openers" and no actual sample of the book itself.

I won't buy any book, even if the author is known to me, without sampling, so a sample with no sample is an automatic no-sale to me.

For example, I tried to sample The Chamber of Ten and got only "praise for..." blurbs for previous books by the author.

Thinking this might be a limitation put onto the ebook by the publisher, I went to Amazon to check it out, downloaded their sample to my Kindle, and immediately began reading the first chapter.

10-03-2010, 12:22 PM	#1
J. Strnad Guru Posts: 915 Karma: 3537194 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo, Kindle 3, Paperwhite	Kobobooks.com suggestion Longer samples! Sometimes all we get is "Openers" and no actual sample of the book itself. I won't buy any book, even if the author is known to me, without sampling, so a sample with no sample is an automatic no-sale to me. For example, I tried to sample The Chamber of Ten and got only "praise for..." blurbs for previous books by the author. Thinking this might be a limitation put onto the ebook by the publisher, I went to Amazon to check it out, downloaded their sample to my Kindle, and immediately began reading the first chapter.