A retired Air Force colonel and Harvard DBA from blue collar roots in Columbus, James D. Suver gave help, he didn’t ask for it.
Month: June 2016
Crafting Back Cover Copy: Don’t Try It Alone
Despite the risk of inaccuracies, however, there’s value in having someone else write the book description. As authors we can be blinded by our own vision, where another person can see through the forest to the particular trees that will hook readers’ interest.
Crime and Privilege
In the Twenty-first Century we’re still blaming victims for not being pure enough. This same attitude in other countries leads to the sisters of rapists being raped in kind, as “justice” for the original crime.
Why Readers Stop Reading a Book.
Ronovan Hester examines why readers stop reading in this terrific analysis of survey data.
Recently, we here at LitWorldInterviews.com conducted a survey, “Why do you put a book down?” and through the assistance of the writing community we had a very nice response. Now it’s time to share what we found.
First, I want to say why the survey was conducted. We wanted to help writers by giving them the information they most need. If a reader takes the time to check out your book and don’t like it, they are unlikely to give you a second chance with your next work. First impressions mean a lot.
86.30% of those responding were Female, thus leaving the remaining 13.70% Male. Considering the majority of those reading novels are Female, although not quite this extreme, I’m comfortable with sharing what we found.
There were 34 sub-categories as a result of the survey. Those results were then placed into 5 main categories: Writing, Editing, Proofreading, Taste, and…
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