Thread: Bonus is not a bonus
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Old 01-07-2015, 10:46 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana View Post
An excerpt may not be a bonus you like, but it is a bonus. It would only be a lie if it gave you nothing extra at all. A difference of opinion on what constitutes a bonus doesn't make it a lie.
An excerpt is not a bonus. It's an excerpt. So call it what it is and then the lying will stop. A bonus is an author interview or book club questions and other things like that. But a space wasting excerpt is not a bonus at all.

So calling an excerpt a bonus is a lie. There is no two ways about it.

If I am reading a book in a series, I don't need an excerpt from the next book as I'll either buy it or not based on what I've read so far of the series. The excerpt won't change my mind. The book(s) I've read will help me decide to continue the series or not.
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