Thread: 12% of ebooks are self-published; most are rubbish, claims editor
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Old 06-21-2013, 06:06 PM   #400
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
So I'll tell you my point: samples help me immensely in whittling down my "I-might-be-kinda-sorta-interested-in-checking-that-out-(provided-the-sample-doesn't-suck)" list. I assume others use them similarly.
Ditto.
In the pre-ebook era I skimmed the first page or two of the book.
Same effect.

One of the most popular book-selling features on the Amazon *pbook* store is exactly that. So I'm comfortable knowing I'm not the only one who samples text as a *final* step before buying.
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