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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
... can't you just long press on a book or something similar to see the synopsis?
My Kobos and Nooks both do this, with no need to be connected to the internet.
I'm assuming you can, which makes me wonder what benefit is gained by adding the blurb at the beginning of the book.
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The only books I side-load to my Kindles, are non Amazon sourced and are relatively few, so I cannot speak for the situation with them. But for the last few years it seems, I have found that many Kindle books present an option to view the Synopsis when you first open them, and my Kindles are never connected to the web when I successfully do that (I only connect to download).
That doesn't occur for most of my older Kindle collection though, from what I have seen, so it may be relatively new and down to the publisher, whether that feature is available.
When a Synopsis is available, I have to click an expand button to see it all. I would rather see the synopsis as being first page after the cover ... a bit like the inside flap of a hardcover book. That said, many books are set to open at the first page to start reading, skipping cover and index etc ... so that would be an issue for them ... hence why I like my ebook of summaries (synopses) approach ... less clicks and much faster and easier overall ... unless it is just the one book (or small number) you are wanting to know about.