tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1540061897801586010..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Book Puff by Debbie BennettKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-33530244651158679302016-05-08T18:09:20.731+01:002016-05-08T18:09:20.731+01:00Well, this certainly puts the pressure on all auth...Well, this certainly puts the pressure on all authors to deliver perfect wraps. I don't mine a short bio at the end or even a list of quotes. But if the ending isn't 100% perfect, we are more likely to feel let down. <br /><br />That said, we're well advised, I think, not to put anything extra up front--because preview pages are limited.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-29883748777513260162016-05-06T21:16:17.024+01:002016-05-06T21:16:17.024+01:00I'm in two minds here. I think I've done i...I'm in two minds here. I think I've done it experimentally with one of mine, but on the whole not. I like it when I'm really hooked on a writer and can sample the next book in a series - Phil Rickman for example. I'll read the sample and then buy the next book without having to bother looking for whatever comes next in a series. But occasionally it irritates me - maybe when it just makes me feel as though a book has ended prematurely. Or when the sample is too long. I like author notes a lot, do them myself, and in an eBook they have to be at the end so that anyone downloading a sample doesn't find themselves reading about the book rather than the book.My latest one has author notes, a glossary of Scots words and a bibliography all at the back, but then it is a historical novel on a topic that I just know has a lot of people who are going to want such things! Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-74635883841465274672016-05-06T13:10:52.186+01:002016-05-06T13:10:52.186+01:00The Beeb does this all the time. I watch a fascina...The Beeb does this all the time. I watch a fascinating programme, then within micro-seconds of its final word or image, I get one of their breathy speakerines advertising the next thing they want me to be watching. Makes me want to chuck a brick at the telly.Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-90619529837298333652016-05-06T10:22:54.725+01:002016-05-06T10:22:54.725+01:00Ah, well - different tastes, I suppose. As long as...Ah, well - different tastes, I suppose. As long as I don't suddenly hit the end of the story about 70 or 80% of the way through, I don't object to some book puff at the back. I often skim through it, or just disregard it if I'm not interested. Either way, it doesn't really bother me, but then I can see why it might irritate some.Mari Biellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221256993468150226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-9736815440840972612016-05-06T10:03:35.244+01:002016-05-06T10:03:35.244+01:00It's also such a feature of paper books that I...It's also such a feature of paper books that I've begun checking (with half-closed eyes) the back of novels for the last story page. I like to know about - and avoid - wads of Reading Group Notes, next/other book puffs and so on. However, I do like Authors Notes when there is factual information related to the background & plot & interpretation. <br /><br />But not adverts in disguise, whichever kind of book! Pah!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-24198717898199250782016-05-06T09:44:44.268+01:002016-05-06T09:44:44.268+01:00Interesting. I've frequently had that experien...Interesting. I've frequently had that experience but the only time I've had the same reaction is when there was still 30% to go. That definitely felt wrong. Usually, though, if the climax is satisfactory (I know, I know), I'm just happy that I've got suddenly got 15% more time to devote to whatever's next on my TBR list. I never read the 1st chapter teaser.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-65561675991330543642016-05-06T08:36:40.329+01:002016-05-06T08:36:40.329+01:00I agree it is so disappointing when that happens. ...I agree it is so disappointing when that happens. I think I still have some more reading time and then realize this is not the case. I feel somewhat cheated and let down. Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.com