Exactly! The difficulty is convincing publishers of this!
Chris
On Fri, 10 Oct 1997 12:00:53 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) Ian Lovecy
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> This is surely a repeat of the old argument
about libraries
> and booksales. The logical assumption would seem to be that
> if you can borrow a book from the library you won't buy it;
> the truth is probably that if I've sampled an author
> without having to make an initial investment I will buy
> others of his/her books to read on the train, or because
> the library doesn't have enough copies, or it's closed, or
> whatever.
> So equally with Fytton's point: having been able
> to sample the book at my own convenience, i will decide
> that the best way of getting hold of it is to buy it. It's
> always been the best way to sell books; why do so many
> publishers have approval schemes?
>
> Ian
>
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