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Definitely going to do some of the things he suggested.
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2011/06/your-second-storefront.html
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2011/06/your-second-storefront.html
I've seen many readers say the exact opposite. They say it's taking up valuable sample space. Instead of getting the content of the book, they are being force fed a bunch of advertorials about the book. They want to read the book and make their own determination how great (or not) it is.Joel Arnold said:That sounds like a good idea - also heard that it's good to put some positive reviews in the beginning of your ebook.
I'm with you on this. I may be an outlier in that I know exactly what books are on my kindle and what stage of reading they're in. I have folders for them. "Samples to be read," "Texts," and "Fiction."modwitch said:As an avid Kindle reader, I like quick links to other books by the author (or a quick blurb if it's not just the next book in the series) and their website/way to contact. I don't like excerpts (readers really split on this one).
For front of the book, hmmm. First, you'd have to make sure that's what the Kindle actually opened to (it tends to skip the copyright pages, etc. and just open at the first page of the first chapter. I'm not sure it would increase the likelihood I would read your book, since I have to click into it to read the description, and by then I've probably already decided that's the book I'm reading next.
I'm curious how other people pick from what is already on their Kindles (mine has a reasonably short list of books - <50, and piles of samples).
Interesting stuff to think about!
Yes, this. Maybe my Kindle is different, but it goes straight to the first chapter of anything. It's really irritating because I have a beautiful world map in Compis, and it skips right past it!modwitch said:For front of the book, hmmm. First, you'd have to make sure that's what the Kindle actually opened to (it tends to skip the copyright pages, etc. and just open at the first page of the first chapter. I'm not sure it would increase the likelihood I would read your book, since I have to click into it to read the description, and by then I've probably already decided that's the book I'm reading next.
I've always kept my copyright notice to a minimum. On Smashwords, they want you to put in that antipiracy notice, but I prefer to just have a single line copyright notice after title and byline.Asher MacDonald said:Funny that he says move the copyright notice to the end of the book. I wonder why it's never been done that way in print?