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Anything that twigs my 'world's biggest slushpile' radar.
The world 'Lord' followed by a prissy man's name. Dragon, vampire, werewolf, zombie. Set during the Civil War. |
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But the real red flag is a 'rave' by an author that has been dead almost a year. Really, they read THIS book? I am a Joe Friday kind of guy: 'Just the facts' Summarize the story (and maybe the series it is set in). |
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Anything that mentions the number of words the book has.
for example: The Electrifying, All New, 50,000 Word Thriller by author, John Doe. |
07-05-2013, 10:26 PM | #23 |
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I have to nod in agreement with HarryT on this one. If (either in the sample) or the blurb at Amazon (or elsewhere) there are a lot of spelling and or grammar mistakes it's a definite turn off. If the author can't even spell word correctly or they use the wrong word i.e. revile where they meant reveal for example, it's a good sign that the book isn't one that I would really enjoy reading. The premise of the story may be intriguing but if I have to decode the text in order to read it instead of just reading what is on the page where is the enjoyment?
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If you can't spell, I won't read your book.
I avoid books where the blurb tells me that the author has a cat. I avoid books with sentence fragment raves by famous authors. I avoid books with reviews comparing the author to famous authors. If the description includes the word "epic", I'll pass. I avoid anything with vampires or zombies. |
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Red flags are different, to me, from simple filtering criteria. I mean, if I see "zombie" or "vampire" anywhere in the blurb, I'm not buying the book. Same for regency romances where the hero is in a "club" that's really a front for some weird private spying organization because that is lame. But a real red flag is a self-pub with a bunch of 5 star rave reviews on Amazon along with one or two 1 or 2 star reviews complaining about basic things like grammar, coherence, etc. Because, my friends, THAT book is a dog.
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"The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter".
Both books I love, but your half-misspelt debut self-published work is unlikely to live up to your blurbing. |
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Oh, yes. <Classic Work> AND <Monster>. Like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies or Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. Just do not work for me
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07-06-2013, 01:08 AM | #29 |
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Red flags for me is:
Bad covers of unknown authors. If it was a previously published book I go find the original cover and make my decision from that but I will pass over a book with bad cover that has never been published by a mainstream publisher. Novellas under 60 pages. I just can't read something so short unless it's part of a series I am currently reading. A book that has all 5 star reviews saying how amazing the book is and no real info about the actually book in the reviews or about anything they didn't like. I grow suspicious and think they are fake. Covers with more then one hero on the cover. Some have like 10 guys and one girl! This is a big red flag for me seeing I read mainly m/f romance. I tried the more spicier stuff but it's just not for me. Paranormal fiction about heaven/hell with Angels/Demons taken from a biblical backstory. I just can't wrap my head around it. I know it's fiction but it's just the way I was raised. I had to give up a few series when they started going this way. Anything that doesn't have a happily ever after ending. Real life is too depressing to read some sad story. I can't get that stuff by reading the news. |
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Most self published titles.
Mills and boon/ Mills and Boon esque covers '30 something career women looking for Mr right' |
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