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Originally Posted by VydorScope
I personally think that 99% of readers do not even read the copyright page. Its there as a legal need, not for readers. I have had readers (who are members here even) ask me if I had any more books, when I have listed more books in both the beginning and end of the novel they read and claimed to love. Readers just seem to flip till they see the novel start, and read till it ends. So I have not spent much thought on the wording of it. I do not think anyone should. Use a boiler plate one, and move on.
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Originally Posted by GA Russell
Vydorscope, you've given me an idea! When I have my second and more books published, I'll have the "Other Books by the Author" page at the end rather than the beginning.
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Ha. Me too.
I never stop being amazed at how good readers (have to be if they read my work) don't read all the stuff I cram in. Notes. Map legends. Character references. Chapter headings and explanations. Inspirations. Books published. Books coming. Book Links. Series.
One intelligent reader who seems to have read only book 2 of a multi-vol series expresses delight at a complicated mechanism I employed for the really intense fan, and shows real comprehension of the subtle underlying thread that runs in several diverse chapters, then writes something like "really great. Are you going to write any more books?"
I guess they didn't make the "vol 2 of xyz series" on the front cover big enough.
I've been very busy, but I had to comment on that!