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Originally Posted by Pablo
This may be a good way to make some pocket money, but a very poor way to present a book. If I were a writer, I would like to think of my book as a fine piece of literature, not as a cheap rehash of other people's ideas.
As a reader, I don't feel inclined to have a look at a book thus described by the author.
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Maybe it's just me, I consider ALL books to be "like" another book.
I also have no problem with people looking at multiple books in addition to my own. A lot of the readers I know are more likely to buy MULTIPLE books on a whim than a SINGLE book on a whim. I'm sure there's a psychological reason for why a "present" of several books "counts" less than a single purchase...
ALSO: As a reader, you'd be getting the book *for free* which is kind of the point. Some people will get the book without looking at the description. Some people will read the whole description and if there's a line like "It's like
Twilight meets
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul", they might click the link... or they might not. It's not about catching every fish in the sea, in my head.
