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Old 04-22-2010, 06:37 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by DaringNovelist View Post
But what makes you pick up the book in the first place? You don't just pick up every single book in the store and check a page, do you? Something has to get your interest in the first place.

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The author name, the blurb on the cover. Sometimes I'll pick up a book with an unfamiliar author name on it. Read a random page, and decide from there.

I try to ignore covers because there have been a number of books with covers that had nothing to do with the story. Particularly in sf books.
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