Starting out as an Indie Author: Writing blurbs for your books

The importance of your book description for making a sale

I had already started writing this installment of my series for indie authors, when I saw these results from the Fussy Librarian reader poll:

Question: When you’re looking for a new ebook, which is most likely to persuade you to buy? Please rank in order of priority.

Description: 3.51

Reading the first few pages: 2.23

Cover art: 2.13

Number of reviews and average rating: 2.13

1200 readers replied to this poll, so it is not something to snee...