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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
I've never read a book review before reading a book... I'm mostly attracted by the cover, and maybe the blurb at the back (description on the webpage)
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And surprisingly, to me anyway, that puts you in with something like 97% of the reading population of the world. Not sure of the exact number, but the simple fact is that most people buy books exactly like you do.
That's how bookstores "used" to work.
One thing I think we'll see before too long. Audible book trailers as an embedded file with the book. Then you won't even have to read the blurb.
An appealing cover
An appealing voice
"Hi Sweatpea, I see you you're attracted to me. Well let me tell you a little bit about myself ... firstly, I'm a bit of a square, I mean, you know, I'm a book - we are squarish. Hey, Sweatpea come back, where you going?"