Which Kindle samples did you like?

[Tamahome]

I liked the 30 page sample for this space opera: Torchship by Karl K. Gallagher

[John (Taloni)]

^I read the trilogy. Enjoyed it quite a bit. Neat take on an AI apocalypse and its aftereffects.

[Elizabeth]

I loved the sample for The Name of the Wind; turns out the book is entirely different from that first five percent.

[Silvana]

Elizabeth wrote: "I loved the sample for The Name of the Wind; turns out the book is entirely different from that first five percent."

For me, it's the same case with The Way of Kings. The prologue is the best thing of the whole book.

[Tamahome]

Elizabeth, are you saying you didn't like the rest of the book?

[Mark]

Does anyone ever try out the publisher samplers?

https://www.tor.com/2019/05/16/downlo...

Tor.com just came out with Tor.com Publishing 2019 Debut Sampler with sample chapters by many authors, including C.S.E. Cooney, Katharine Duckett, Jennifer Giesbrecht, Kerstin Hall, Vylar Kaftan, Scotto Moore, Tamsyn Muir, Lina Rather, Priya Sharma, and Emily Tesh.

[Trike]

Mark wrote: "Does anyone ever try out the publisher samplers?

https://www.tor.com/2019/05/16/downlo...

Tor.com just came out with [book:Tor.com Publishing 2019 ..."

I have in the past but not recently.

I find it hard to judge a book simply on the first chapter. Those are often tighter than the rest of the novel because they’re rewritten more and often with an eye to hooking the reader. I also base a purchase on the “random middle” selection, where I pick somewhere else to sample. Generally like page 117 or something, just to see if the writing style holds up. If there’s also a hook there then it’s a buy. If it’s competent it goes on my “books to get” list.

[Elizabeth]

Tamahome wrote: "Elizabeth, are you saying you didn't like the rest of the book?"

I did enjoy it, for the same reasons I usually enjoy the 'dickhead teen boy grows up and (hopefully) realises he's a dickhead' genre - his supporting cast of characters. But none of that is the first five percent.