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I occasionally see in book blurbs things like "For fans of Gone Girl and ..." etc (or Hunger Games, or Harry Potter, or Jack Reacher, you get it...)
What's the general consensus on this sort of thing? Does it make the author look desperate, or is it good for getting in the search results?
I saw one recently and it smacked of trying too hard so I didn't even bother with the sample, but in other cases it HASN'T put me off. Perhaps it was just the way this one example phrased it.
What's the general consensus on this sort of thing? Does it make the author look desperate, or is it good for getting in the search results?
I saw one recently and it smacked of trying too hard so I didn't even bother with the sample, but in other cases it HASN'T put me off. Perhaps it was just the way this one example phrased it.