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Originally Posted by Andybaby
actually I think the best place for a back cover is the second page.
lets say you are browsing your book shelf on any device. its a whole lot easier to get to page 2, that to page 400. that way when you are browsing for a book to read, you can go read the Synop.
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Excellent point. You're right. I guess in an ideal situation, it would be also be included along with the table of contents link. There's be a separate "summary" or "synopsis" entry that you could select.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
With an eBook, that function is fulfilled by the description of the book in the store catalog, and hence the "blurb" is unnecessary to have on the book itself.
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I already replied above to pilotbob on this point. <grin> If I'm shopping for a book online, you're right. I don't need it in the ebook itself because it's right there on the Web site. (At least, it should be. Even there I've seen some books that have no description and I've had to go to Amazon, or some other vendor, to read about it that way.) But if I want to hand my reader to a friend who's inquired about what I'm reading, having it on the Web site (and not somewhere in the ebook itself) doesn't help me much. Nor, as with FizzyWater, does it even help
you if you've downloaded something a while ago and forgotten since then what it's about (and don't have access to the Web site).