Ultimately, if I'm in a bookstore or see just the picture online, the title and the cover are what gets me interested
in reading the back cover.
Either you're interested in this one, or you're not, but you probably don't even have to
read the back cover blurb to decide.
So reads the back cover of Hollywood at Home: A Family Album (1950 — 1965), a slight yet strong volume from Sid Avery's lens and Richard Schickel's pen.
The statement «never judge a book by its cover» is true because most people don't stop at the front cover — they
continue reading the back cover to see if it grabs their interest.
I
then read the back cover, and if I am still not sure, I may open the book to see what writing is in it — if these all «grab me», I will buy it.
Most people are going to look at the NY insurance coverages page (or Declarations page) and think they know the whole story... that's
like reading the back cover War & Peace and then giving your final exam book report.
I created a Collection for those I haven't read yet and another Collection that's supposed to be my «Top of the TBR Pile,» but there's no easy way to skim through them,
reading the back cover blurbs.
You don't want to overwhelm people, but you do want to hook the reader into giving you a few more seconds of their time, which could mean flipping the book over to
read your back cover copy or cracking it open to read the first few pages.
What type of cover attracts browsers to pick up a book and
read the back cover?
A twist of my wrist lets
me read the back cover blurb to find the perfect book to match my mood.
The most important thing is that it entices your readers to pick it up and
read the back cover.
When
you read the back cover copy of a book, a description on Amazon, or a movie blurb on your TV's channel guide, those are loglines.
You also need it to be discoverable in searches and intriguing enough that readers go on to
read the back cover blurb or book description.
If a cover attracts their attention, they'll pick up the book, flip it over, and
read the back cover.
We walk into a bookstore, pick up a book that looks interesting,
read the back cover, then maybe read the first few pages and then (horrors) actually flip to the back to see how the book ended before we plunked down our money.
We would walk into a bookstore, pick up a book that looks interesting,
read the back cover, then maybe read the first few pages and then (horrors) actually flip to the back to see how the book ended before we plunked down our money.
Although the Fates have long been a part of human existence, as
I read back cover blurbs and flipped through pages, I found nothing that involved their mythology.
Then I'll
read the back cover or Amazon description, check out the first few pages or the sample, and probably buy it.
Windowing — the practice of putting a book on a real brick - and - mortar bookshelf — works because the reader can pick up that copy,
read the back cover, and decide to buy.
Research bestselling books and
read the back cover copy.
You hope browsing customers will pause long enough to pull your title out of the stacks and
read the back cover.
It is the front cover's job to get the reader to flip the back over and
read the back cover.
But when I'm deciding what to buy
I read the back cover blurb and hopefully and excerpt.