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Killer Book Blurbs
Often the first thing to catch a reader’s eye is your cover–does the image “speak” to them? is the title striking? The second thing is usually the blurb on the back of your book. Now, if you’re traditionally published by one of the Big 5, they will handle this for you. However, if you work…
Dissecting The Blurb: It’s A Formula, Not A Torture Instrument
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
I was recently asked by a friend* to look over the blurb for her forthcoming book release, and a few thoughts suddenly struck me. Well, maybe not suddenly. If I’m honest, I sat down to look at this, and several thoughts became a sort of natural consequence of the…
What Makes People Buy Self-Published Books?
Originally posted on Tara Sparling writes:
In this post, I discussed the findings of a scientifically incontrovertible study (of myself) on the factors which influenced me when buying a self-published book. Embed from Getty Images The findings surprised me (which surprised me, because I was surveying myself). I found that I knew what made me…
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