Short Story Ebook Tip

 
If you want your short story ebook sample to be useful, move the bulk of the "front matter" from the front of the ebook, to the back.
 
For "Curtain Call", I used my standard ebook arrangement:

Title Page
Copyright Notice
Story
About the Author
Other Back Matter

 
Unfortunately, that means the sample only includes the first paragraph of the story. Oops.
 
So, for "Insanity", and for all future short story ebooks, I am using this arrangement:

Title Page
Story
Copyright Notice
About the Author
Other Back Matter

 
With this arrangement, the sample includes 2 full "Kindle pages" of story (~500 words). Much better.
 
With novels or collections, this isn't as big a deal. With short stories, though, if you want the sample to be more than just a paragraph or two, you have to "front load" the ebook.
 
-David
 
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