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« Reply #75 on: January 08, 2012, 09:23:20 AM » |
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I might read one short sample - maybe one short chapter, but not always, so I prefer when there is none or very short.
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« Reply #76 on: January 17, 2012, 03:26:22 PM » |
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Annoying! It's like advertising. If I were to get all settled into enjoying the end of a book and I'm thinking I've got another ten juicy pages left or so and I really don't b/c I was tricked by a sample tagged on to the back of the book...grrrrr!  |
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« Reply #77 on: January 17, 2012, 03:57:36 PM » |
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If it's fiction, I don't read the sample chapter, usually, because then I get frustrated that I don't have the whole book in front of me. (It's like starting a movie somewhere in the middle. Hate that. Gotta watch it from beginning to end.)
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« Reply #78 on: January 17, 2012, 10:20:27 PM » |
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It doesn't bother me, but I never read them. I have no interest in reading teasers at all. If I'm interested in a book I want to have the entire book at my disposal from the start. And oddly some of the samples are from parts starting in the middle of the book. I definitely don't want to read out of order like that, makes no sense. If they're going to have a sample, at least make it from the very beginning of the book.
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« Reply #79 on: January 18, 2012, 05:23:33 AM » |
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It bothers me because it throws off the % read of the book. It is hard to tell how close to the end I am when reading because the % and locations are no longer a valid way to measure if they attach material of any length unrelated to the book on the end.
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« Reply #80 on: January 18, 2012, 12:19:16 PM » |
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Neither love nor hate. Kinda like having the sample there, sometimes. That is, if I really liked the book, I'll be sucked into reading the sample, and then torn about whether to download the next book--torn because I already have a huge TBR pile, and yet the next book sounds good so... On the fence, as usual.  |
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« Reply #81 on: January 18, 2012, 08:30:06 PM » |
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It depends on whether I liked the book preceding it. If I like the author after the book I just finished, I like having a sample chapter of another one of his or her other works.
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« Reply #82 on: January 18, 2012, 08:50:17 PM » |
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I also find it annoying and never read them.
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« Reply #83 on: January 19, 2012, 06:23:39 AM » |
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I personally don't like it. It kind of annoys me. I don't really care to read them (they don't hook me), so it's just a waste of space.
On the other hand, they're pretty easy to skip. So it's not a strong feeling.
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« Reply #84 on: January 19, 2012, 07:08:12 PM » |
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I don't like them either. I like a short blurb if it's about the next book in a series, but I never read whole chapters. I prefer the book I've just read to simmer in my head a while.
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« Reply #85 on: January 20, 2012, 02:17:50 AM » |
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I love them, and have also read a couple ebooks that included a short story as a bonus.
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« Reply #86 on: January 20, 2012, 06:54:52 AM » |
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They never bother me. If I think an author's really good, I'll buy another book of his/hers. If I don't, I won't. No amount of advertising or tack-ons changes my mind about that.
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« Reply #87 on: January 20, 2012, 02:25:36 PM » |
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I don't see this a lot with the books I read and usually I will skip them if they are there only because like a lot of people say, the books aren't available to go out and grab them. IF I'm reading a series, though, and the end of one book previews the next, I will almost always read it. I guess the deciding factor for me is if the books are series or stand-alone.
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« Reply #88 on: January 20, 2012, 04:03:00 PM » |
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I love samples on principle, so yes, I do appreciate them. But of course I'm a compulsive reader. You never know what you discover by a bit of random reading.
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« Reply #89 on: January 20, 2012, 04:11:32 PM » |
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I would include a sample chapter, so that the reader knows what's coming next.
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« Reply #90 on: January 21, 2012, 12:42:40 PM » |
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It depends on whether I liked the book preceding it. If I like the author after the book I just finished, I like having a sample chapter of another one of his or her other works.
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« Reply #91 on: January 21, 2012, 01:18:46 PM » |
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I used to love Gold Medal, Lancer, Ace and other paperback lines. They'd often include ads for other books in the back, and sample chapters by the same authors. For some reason it doesn't work as well for me on Kindle, but many readers seem to enjoy the bonus content.
I'm with those that dont really care and rarely read them (I sometimes skim the first page), but I do like what you referred to...the ads (not the sample chapters) for other books at the end, more in the 'old days,' lol, I think. It was like a predecessor to 'if you liked this book/author, you might like....' on Amazon today. |
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« Reply #92 on: January 21, 2012, 04:58:06 PM » |
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I don't like them and don't read them. When I'm expecting the book to go to 100% and it ends before that, even if it's a good ending I still end up disappointed because I was expecting more.
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I posted the following on another thread - Which plot twist do you hate most?"My pet hate is when you read the last chapter and it has no connection to the rest of the book... then you realise it's the sample chapter from the new unreleased novel!" While that was a joke, I agree with the comments which complain that you suddenly come to the end of the book before you expect it. |
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« Reply #94 on: January 26, 2012, 04:52:02 PM » |
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I think that if the end is strong and has a cliffhanger maybe, then the first chapter of another book will kind of be an anticlimax when you want the reader to put your book down thinking 'wow!'
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« Reply #96 on: February 01, 2012, 09:53:25 AM » |
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Don't like them. If I'm going to start a book I want the whole book in front of me so I can continue reading until I'm ready to stop
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« Reply #97 on: February 01, 2012, 11:23:02 AM » |
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My take is I like it at the end of short stories or even novella's when it's clearly marked on the cover page. At the same time I guess it only really sucks when you didn't like the way the book you were reading ended. I mean I read a book which I dare not mention and the ending sucked but I still had 20% left so I was hoping for a miracle. Only to find out that it was a chapter of another book which also sucked.
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« Reply #98 on: February 01, 2012, 11:38:49 AM » |
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maybe the book sucked so bad that it only seemed like a sample chapter to another book!
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« Reply #99 on: February 01, 2012, 02:51:01 PM » |
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I never read the sample sequel teaser chapters. If I'm going to read the sequel I'm going to read it. Some context-less chapter or teaser isn't going to change my mind. The book I just finished reading is what's going to influence my decision.
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