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Originally Posted by tompe
I meant that the filtering process with finding a really good books which includes checking reviews, checking award nominations and listening to friends filter out a lot of books including the ones that sampling would filter out. People proposing here that sampling is useful must end up reading mediocre books mostly.
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That doesn't follow. Sampling is just one more filter. No one is suggesting using sampling
instead of looking at reviews and recommendations. Sampling an e-book is no different than opening the cover of a paper book before deciding whether or not to purchase. You've read the reviews, the recommendations, the cover looks like some effort went into it, and the blurb looks interesting. For the final filter, we can look at the book for ourselves. That might be opening the cover to read a little or looking at the sample.