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Originally Posted by fjtorres
A big sample suggests *to me* they're not sure the story will grab you with a smaller sample. And if the sample is a significant chunk of the total product it would lead me to think it probably needs work.
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It would say the opposite to me. Anyone can make a short sample good enough to sucker people in and then not bother too much with the rest. So the more they are giving away, the more confident they are.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Add-in a price out of line with the retailer and/or genre and I'd guess the author/publisher doesn't understand the business. Doesn't mean they're greedy (that word gets used waaayyy too much on forums the 'net over) just inexperienced/misinformed.
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Or she doesn't expect to sell many if it is a minority interest subject. Presumably she could lower the price easily enough once sales start to drop off?