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Old 04-01-2026, 08:38 AM   #4441
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It bugs me when every book description that has ever had a movie adaption starts with, "Now a major motion picture." That still tells me nothing about the book! But, what, I'm just gonna decide I'll buy the book with no other details based purely on the notion that someone thought the book was work making into a movie I've never heard of?
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Old 04-01-2026, 09:24 AM   #4442
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What bugs me is when a book description has so much rubbish in it, by the time I get to the proper description, there is hardly any description and what's there is cut-off.
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Old 04-01-2026, 12:13 PM   #4443
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What bugs me is when a book description has so much rubbish in it, by the time I get to the proper description, there is hardly any description and what's there is cut-off.
Worse, it's all marketing guff... If you can't tell me what the book is about, I'm not clicking into a preview.
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Old 04-01-2026, 02:34 PM   #4444
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Worse, it's all marketing guff... If you can't tell me what the book is about, I'm not clicking into a preview.
I don't need review blurbs that I won't read. I also don't need to know what other books you think your book is like.
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Old 04-01-2026, 03:44 PM   #4445
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Or a mass of "reviews" that turn out to be puffery for the author's other book(s). I don't care if their last 2 books belonged on a you must read this before you die list.
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Old 04-01-2026, 04:32 PM   #4446
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Another thing I don't like is an awful cover. If the cover does not look good and it's an author I've not read before, I'll pass on by.
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Old 04-01-2026, 06:32 PM   #4447
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Another thing I don't like is an awful cover. If the cover does not look good and it's an author I've not read before, I'll pass on by.
Related: One thing I dislike about a cover is if it spoils the book. As an example: DC Comics did a trade paperback of The Great Darkness Saga in Legion of Super-Heroes. In the monthly comic form the story was told over several months, leading to the reveal of the villain who was a big surprise. However, in the trade paperback the cover tells you exactly who the villain was, ruining the surprise.
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Related: One thing I dislike about a cover is if it spoils the book. As an example: DC Comics did a trade paperback of The Great Darkness Saga in Legion of Super-Heroes. In the monthly comic form the story was told over several months, leading to the reveal of the villain who was a big surprise. However, in the trade paperback the cover tells you exactly who the villain was, ruining the surprise.
Another thing I dislike is when the cover has mistakes such as every single Dresden Files covers all have major mistakes.
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It bugs me when every book description that has ever had a movie adaption starts with, "Now a major motion picture." That still tells me nothing about the book! But, what, I'm just gonna decide I'll buy the book with no other details based purely on the notion that someone thought the book was work making into a movie I've never heard of?
I would love to confuse the hell out of these bubbleheaded bozos with a book written by me, titled Now A Major Motion Picture, and then write the blurb for the sequel: Now A Book: A Movie!

Ohhhhhhhhh, that would make my day!

I want to do it soooooooo bad!
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I would love to confuse the hell out of these bubbleheaded bozos with a book written by me, titled Now A Major Motion Picture, and then write the blurb for the sequel: Now A Book: A Movie!

Ohhhhhhhhh, that would make my day!

I want to do it soooooooo bad!
Mmmm!

No copyright on titles either.
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Do I need random chapters from other authors from the same publisher?
I'll defend that for indie publishers who publish the work of authors you likely haven't heard of. I personally don't read that stuff. But I can understand why they include it and do think it can be of value to a reader discovering new authors.
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I'll defend that for indie publishers who publish the work of authors you likely haven't heard of. I personally don't read that stuff. But I can understand why they include it and do think it can be of value to a reader discovering new authors.
For some indies? Possibly. Though what I said was "from the same publisher".
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I would love to confuse the hell out of these bubbleheaded bozos with a book written by me, titled Now A Major Motion Picture, and then write the blurb for the sequel: Now A Book: A Movie!

Ohhhhhhhhh, that would make my day!

I want to do it soooooooo bad!
Looks like someone already beat you to the punch:
https://www.amazon.com/Major-Motion-.../dp/1492652385
https://www.amazon.com/Major-Motion-.../dp/B0FV88J2BK
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I would love to confuse the hell out of these bubbleheaded bozos with a book written by me, titled Now A Major Motion Picture, and then write the blurb for the sequel: Now A Book: A Movie!

Ohhhhhhhhh, that would make my day!

I want to do it soooooooo bad!
There's a 70s album called 'From the Album of the Same Name.'
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Well, I'll be damned!

Thanks for the info.
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