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Regarding 1), OP says the author offered a coupon code for a free download, so it sounds like a Smashwords book.
In which case they'd have to deliberately turn off the default sample amount which seems like a counter-intuitive thing to do. Maybe they're afraid that if people see the actual words, they'll run away screaming into the night?
As for 2), agreed. All of Harlan Ellison's e-Reads published works are no-sample-whatsoever beyond maybe a short excerpt of the introduction he wrote at both Baen & Fictionwise.
But he's Harlan Ellison and his reputation is well-established (for better or worse) and I got both the Dangerous Visions anthologies on the strength of how people had been praising them for years.
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