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It really depends, there's no one thing that will draw my eye to a book but a few things are more likely to trigger an attention response: author familiarity, positive mentions on podcasts I listen to, positive mentions by authors I follow online and a compelling title or cover, and generally interesting topics for non-fiction or settings for fiction. Once I've gotten over the hurdle of actually picking the book up, the biggest greenlight for me is the summary.
I admit it, how nice a cover goes into the quick decision of whether or not I'll even pick up a book to read the back cover. That's one of the reasons I rarely glance twice at Baen books.
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