One thing I've noticed that Amazon does with its books (and bigfish games does with its game files so that it's not just one product that does it) is that samples are available. In the case of the game you get to download and play the game for an hr and with the book you get a partial sample copy of the book for free so you can see if it's something you want to read. I believe Smashwords also has samples of books for sale. That sounds like a good idea to me. Not everyone has the same internet connection so being able to download a sample of the book rather than spending the money and finding out you don't like it might be an idea as well.
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Originally Posted by frquixote
Joykins is pointing to the fundamental problem of most such clubs, even in the DTB world. I used to belong to the History Book Club several decades ago and found that they seldom carried anything I was interested in beyond the six for one penny deal they used as the enticement. Made it tough to find three books to fulfill the minimum. Fortunately, I didn't have to pay a fixed amount each month or I REALLY would have been irritated by the poor selection.
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