Not exact matches
Amazon gives
potential buyers a sneak peak at their
books through their «
Look -LSB-...]
Potential book buyers may
look at the index before they buy to see if a particular topic of interest is covered.
A
potential buyer in a brick - and - mortar bookstore can
look at the cover, read the entire flap and jacket copy,
look, learn the author's bio, even read the table of contents and flip through and skim pages of the physical
book.
For some reason, this made me kinda sad, as it hardly seems like they're putting the Kindle's best foot forward with a display with a broken unit, which is not only useless (and ugly) to
look at, but reminds
potential buyers that you do have to be more careful with a Kindle than with a paper
book.
A
book that
looks like the author has put it together with matchsticks and paddlepops won't get reviews and coverage in newspapers, it won't be
looked at by
book bloggers and your
potential buyers will see a dodgey DIY job from a mile away.
You want the
potential buyer to pause on your
book — to give it a second
look.