tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881225265485113863.post3220944293864087661..comments2023-04-10T10:15:47.800-05:00Comments on The Estella Collective: Bane of My Existence: Author QuotesEstellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01430574682284367416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881225265485113863.post-39864093811286471612009-12-25T08:58:38.707-06:002009-12-25T08:58:38.707-06:00Cool post you got here. I'd like to read more ...Cool post you got here. I'd like to read more concerning this theme. Thnx for posting that information.<br />Sexy Lady<br /><a href="http://www.baccaratgirls.com/" rel="nofollow">Busty Escorts</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881225265485113863.post-7981396636686394282007-03-03T19:24:00.000-06:002007-03-03T19:24:00.000-06:00I'm with Heather. Give me a blurb about the book ...I'm with Heather. Give me a blurb about the book (and, please, no spoilers!) but skip the quotes on the back where the info belongs. I won't buy a book if I can't figure out what it's about.<BR/><BR/>Just an FYI on my own experience with author quotes: yes, publishers do believe that an endorsement from an author of notoriety will bump up the sales. I don't know if there are any statistics Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881225265485113863.post-52592604660480520122007-03-01T05:59:00.000-06:002007-03-01T05:59:00.000-06:00I can't stand it when I pick up a paperback, turn ...I can't stand it when I pick up a paperback, turn to the back hoping to find out what the book is about, only to be confronted with a lot of quotes by people I don't know telling me what they think about the book. I don't care what you thought, I just want to know what the thing is about. What the book is actually ABOUT will lead me to read it, not what some academic or writer thinks about it.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331915574696737725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881225265485113863.post-59339155588381538552007-03-01T02:56:00.000-06:002007-03-01T02:56:00.000-06:00I tend to work on the principle that if I dislike ...I tend to work on the principle that if I dislike an author, and s/he recommends a book I won't try it. So nothing that Eggers likes. Or that Dan Brown says I should read.<BR/><BR/>But sometimes the author quote will make me pick up a book, but it isn't enough, by itself, to make me buy it. You soon come to spot the authors who "love" everything.Fencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04478271943214944729noreply@blogger.com