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Originally Posted by Readirect
The FIRST thing a literary agent will ask a prospective author/client is for comparables ... which author/book your book is like ... AND they do that because THAT'S what they pitch to publishers AND THAT'S LITERALLY the whole "For fans of" thing. Anyone who tells you NOT to do that is someone who thinks they know more than they do.
In fact, when an author with a distinct style ... like Robert B. Parker, for instance ... dies/retires then one strong opportunity is to write a similar type of book with his/her style; telling readers what they will be getting (e.g. for fans of Robert B. Parker.)
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There are other authors continuing some of Robert B. Parker's series. So no need to read books written for fans of.
And I cannot stand when we get for fans or or if you like.
If the book has a stupid title such as
The Fellowship of the Ring: Discover Middle-earth in the Bestselling Classic Fantasy Novels before you watch 2022's Epic New Rings of Power Series (The Lord of the Rings Book 1) and I've never read the author and I have no recommendations for this book or author, I'll skip right past it. S make sure the title isn't stupid like this sample. There has to be a way to get Amazon to not make book titles stupid.