Picking out a .99 book

Susan Brassfield Cogan

Location: Norman, Oklahoma, usa
Birthday: April 02

Company: CoganBooks

Bio: I'm a writer. You can find out about my books on my website www.coganbooks.net --------------------------------------- Saturday is "blogging day" which is kind of like "laundry day" but more fun. ----------------------------------------- I am the author of several books including the novels "Black Jade Dragon" and the recently released follow up "Dragon Sword." I have a Victorian romance mystery slated to come out this summer (2012). ----------------------------------------- I write in several genres. In addition to mysteries, fantasy adventures and romances, I've got two books focused on Buddhism and one on evolution. I have a book on Marijuana Prohibition in the pipeline and I still have some more things I want to say about Buddhism. ----------------------------------------- I follow politics the way a lot of people follow soap operas and for pretty much the same reason. But frankly, I have opinions on just about everything. Don't get me started. ----------------------------------------- And I have the best readers in the world. I'm enormously grateful to you. If I didn't have all you wonderful readers I'd be like one hand clapping...or something...you get the idea.

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DECEMBER 21, 2011 9:00PM

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reading-ebooks-297x300 Because of the blizzard of self-published ebooks priced at .99, someone asked me how you find treasure amid the trash.

I approach a .99 book the same as any other, look at the cover, the blurb, read the sample. The cover MUST be somewhat professional looking and the blurb shouldn't have any spelling or grammar errors. However, if the cover is really bad and the blurb is really bad then it saves you wasting your time on the sample.

If those three things are good, I'll buy it. I figure even if it's not Hemingway, it's someone with enough skill and talent to entertain me for a few hours and that's really all I ask.