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Originally Posted by Laine
I look for genre and storylines that appeal to me. THEN I ELIMINATE ANY BOOKS WHERE THE BLURB HAS SPELLING OR GRAMMAR MISTAKES. If you want to sell a book you should at least make sure your advertising is correct.
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I'm with you on that. I'll sometimes buy a book with errors in the blurb, but they have to be the kind that don't bother me. And I always open the sample to read a bit first; if the first few pages have spelling errors or keep switching point of view at random or dialogue without punctuation--skip. I'm not paying money for books that need beta reading.
I'm more tolerant of free books, but they've still got to have something strong going for them that overrides the errors.