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All three are bestselling authors with multiple thousands of reviews and wide accolades. That was the point. I don't think it's a good idea to take any one arbitrary thing and use it to automatically dismiss a book.
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Having said that, I saw this description in the BookBub email:
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The synopsis check is unfortunately only part of the filter. I spot check the writing (look inside), and even then, I get suckered. The story hast to hold up and be plausible (within the genre). |
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Here's another one: "Tik-Tok made me buy it"
You what? I vaguely know what that is (apart from avoiding social media like the plague I'm the wrong demographic), so why try and market a book that way? I'll admit to buying a few with that blurb, but that's usually because it's the latest in a series I'm reading or an author I read, but usually I see that and pass on. |
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