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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Actually, I'm not quite certain what your "The Point" is any more. It seems to be moving. 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.
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Works for you, that's good.
I am probably differently abled when it comes to reading books. I want to be able to pick a book and just read it. It worked for me with paper books, and seems to be working for me now.
I have never stood in a store or library reading a chapter, although I have looked at many free samples online. In the store I would look at the blurb, and occasionally a page or two if I was totally unfamiliar with the author and the book was expensive.
Strange to say though, I seem to want to have the purchasing/borrowing decision made and the book in my hot little hands, or these days on my ereader before I start reading. Having looked at the sample or read a few pages can give the book a ho-hum yawn feeling.
I don't want to get too quantitative about price either. Squabbling with myself about whether a book is worth 1.99 or 5.99 or 9.99 will carry over to the actual reading. I am not too likely to spend $30 on a novel these days, but I have spent $5-10 on a novel in the days when my wages were $2.00 an hour, and not regretted it for an instant.
Helen