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Old 01-21-2012, 10:40 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by CalmApparatus View Post
Try not to consume yourself in perfectionism. Focus primarily on 3 things imo.

1) Short Pitch
2) Extended Pitch
3) First 20-30%
The logic being that their decision to buy it or not would be made during the first 20-30% ?

I'm not sure I would be comfortable with that. Apart from anything else you would just be lining yourself up for lots of negative reviews if the quality dropped off after the free preview. I think the whole thing should be the best you can manage at the time, otherwise why bother?
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