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Old 02-02-2023, 02:43 PM   #976
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It now looks a bit strange but much less annoying than Amazon titles and filenames that now include part of the blurb.
You don't think that "perfect for readers who loved Author Name, Author Name and Author Name" belongs in the title? That was from one book my wife recently purchased.
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Old 02-02-2023, 02:49 PM   #977
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IMHO a sub-title should add or further explain...
'Or how I learned to love the Bomb'
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A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The “Good Parts” Version
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Old 02-02-2023, 03:48 PM   #978
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You don't think that "perfect for readers who loved Author Name, Author Name and Author Name" belongs in the title? That was from one book my wife recently purchased.
No. /me Chokes and knocks mouse to floor.
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Old 02-02-2023, 03:50 PM   #979
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You don't think that "perfect for readers who loved Author Name, Author Name and Author Name" belongs in the title? That was from one book my wife recently purchased.
"perfect for readers who loved book and book and book, even though the three books aren't really that similar at all which makes the reader wonder what kind of fustercluck this book is"
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Old 02-02-2023, 04:15 PM   #980
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"perfect for readers who loved book and book and book, even though the three books aren't really that similar at all which makes the reader wonder what kind of fustercluck this book is"
+1!

Man, I dislike this habit so much.
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Old 02-02-2023, 10:49 PM   #981
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Old 02-03-2023, 01:37 AM   #982
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S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The “Good Parts” Version


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It is inevitable that if I do not quote it someone else will.

"My Name Is Inigo Montoya, You Killed My Father, Prepare to Die"
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Old 02-03-2023, 05:39 AM   #983
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It is inevitable that if I do not quote it someone else will.

"My Name Is Inigo Montoya, You Killed My Father, Prepare to Die"
That's the wrong quote. You should've written: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
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Old 02-03-2023, 06:33 AM   #984
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Apropos, I was watching a TV series recently (fictional), and they had a scene of Andre the Giant working on The Princess Bride movie.
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Old 02-03-2023, 06:43 AM   #985
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Old 02-03-2023, 07:47 AM   #986
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No, he's only mostly dead.
Nope, right now, that one is MY line! :-)

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Old 02-03-2023, 02:16 PM   #987
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It now looks a bit strange but much less annoying than Amazon titles and filenames that now include part of the blurb.
Agreed!
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Not really so much a rant, but whenever skimming through the daily freebies on eReaderIQ, there's one publisher of recipe books who titles all of them stuff like "Lemonade: A Lemonade Cookbook with All Types of Delicious Lemonades." The sheer redundancy never fails to make me laugh.
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Not really so much a rant, but whenever skimming through the daily freebies on eReaderIQ, there's one publisher of recipe books who titles all of them stuff like "Lemonade: A Lemonade Cookbook with All Types of Delicious Lemonades." The sheer redundancy never fails to make me laugh
Search engine optimisation keyword stuffing?

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Old 02-03-2023, 02:35 PM   #990
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