I love to read. Obviously. But there are some books I just hate to read. Not only do I hate to read them, I think I even hate to see them! I hate “How To” books for example and “Secrets to Success ” books. Just the sight of someone standing there with a cheesy smile promising that their book is what you’ve been waiting for your whole life just irks me. I don’t care for religious books either. When I say religious I’m not talking about biblical references, direction, guidance, and some kind of message. I’m talking about church sermons in the form of a book. It’s just not a good idea to post entire scriptures in your novel or book or whatever. If I wanted to read the bible I would do just that. But the “How to” thing pretty much takes the cake though. It’s border line depressing even. “Want a better life? Buy my book!” I’m sorry, what? To make matters worse these things sell like crazy, amazing.
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I understand what you mean my concern is a good author might fall for those kind of titles in order to sell more.
You can take an example of blogging, if you are new there are certain rules you have to follow in order to make people consider reading your content. Same with the book titles, the ‘How to’, ‘for dummies’, ‘secrets to’, etc
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Yes, that’s a good point. In the end it boils down to individuality. Thanks for leaving a thought on the table!
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Everyone tries to mimic what has worked for others. I never really read those type of books because I always thought that perhaps that formula is not for me. But hey I’m not rich yet so maybe I need to take a gander and see what they are all about.
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and when you do let me know, I’ll take your word for it lol 🙂
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Might take me sometime lol I’m already over confident as it is lol
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