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Originally Posted by TheKindleWorm
There have been lots of book samples which have put me off buying a book due to the style of writing and a few because of poor formatting. But also I've read some samples which have been excellent and I've gone and bought the book immediately.
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Same here. I think samples are a great feature. I often download samples based on recommendations or water cooler talk and check them out when I have a few minutes. Usefulness really varies though. Sometimes you get just a couple of pages which tell you nothing because you don't know the characters and what's happening if you don't have the Amazon page in front of you.
And sometimes you get an entire chapter which can ruin the experience a bit if you decide to buy the book because it's often not the first chapter.