1. Author (there are authors I know I'll love, so those I'll read anyway)
2. Genre (some genres will always appeal to me)
4. Title (the shorter the better for me!)
5. Cover of the book (an ebook with a generic cover will never attract me)
6. Synopsis (if I don't know the author, nor is the genre one of my favourite and the cover is rather bland, if the synopsis is good, I might still read it)
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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I never read reviews, because some people are thoughtless enough to put major spoilers into them. I only check out the star ratings at Amazon and/or Goodreads, and if there are a lot of reviews and the average is 4+, then I assume it's a good book.
It still might not be to my taste, but if a book averages 4.21 stars over 378 reviews, then it can't be all bad.
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One thing I'll never ever read: reviews. By anyone. Not even by word of mouth. And ratings I'll never trust. I've read books I've loved. And were rated (on average) one or two stars on Amazon. Why? Because people didn't like the price of the book. Or they didn't like the cover of the book. Or they gave a rating even though they didn't read the book because there was no kindle version available. Or they simply didn't like the genre.