Today I want to talk about previews of sequels, or the next book in a series, at the end of your current read.
I’m curious, bibliofriends, when you’ve finished a book and there’s an excerpt for the next book at the end, do you read it?
I don’t.
“Why’s that?” you ask. (Or, I hope you ask.)
Well, mostly because I can’t stand the tease!
There are many a series I’m behind on (but thankfully, that’s not the topic for today’s post), but in cases like that, I typically already own the next book. Or it’s out and I just haven’t purchased it yet and I know if I’m loving a series and actually want to make an effort to continue, I’ll buy the next book real quick.
But if I’m actually reading a current series and the next book isn’t out yet, I’m not trying to torture myself by reading a snippet of a book that I can’t get my grubby little hands on for a year or more! (Side note: my hands are actually quite clean.) If I’m really loving a series and I’m desperate for more, the answer is not to torture myself by reading a few pages of the next book while knowing I can’t actually read the next book yet. It just makes the wait worse for me.
Sometimes I hear the siren song of the preview calling to me after I’ve finished, but I’m good at resisting.
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So, tell me, do you read the previews for future books?
I actually don’t read the previews, either. Partly because then i have to wait until goodness knows when for the actual book comes out and partly because I need time to recuperate and absorb the story I just finished.
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Ah yes, recuperating is a good reason too!
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I read them!….I just can’t help it!
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Haha I’m not surprised.
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I stay away from them. I don’t want a tease. I want the whole next book! It is also why I don’t read blurbs for new books coming out from favourite authors. Arrr!
x The Captain
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I’ll read blurbs just to be sure I want to read the new book – but it’s a fave author of mine I might just read one sentence, cuz that’s all I’ll need.
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I typically don’t read the previews because I find it annoying to start getting into the story only to have it stop. I’d rather just wait for the book.
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Exactly! I don’t want to be cut off. If I want to read the next book, I literally want to read the next book.
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I’m the same way. I don’t want a slice of pie, I want the whole damn pie 🙂
I also do not read book samples, like the ones offered on Amazon before you buy the kindle version. I don’t feel like you are giving the book a fair shake unless you give it to the 20% make. I can’t accurately judge if I am going to like a book by one chapter…
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Yeah I agree with that too. I need to be able to read a decent amount before I decide I don’t like it. Well, unless I know immediately that I hate it lol
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I often don’t read them for the same reason. But there have been a few times when I was so caught up in the story and didn’t want it to end that I read the preview. But I only do that when I can get the next book asap, like run to the store the next day and get it.
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That’s a good exception.
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