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I hate paperbacks that include 30 pages of book reviews, author chat, sneak peak at the author's book..... at the end of the book. As I'm nearing the end of a book I try to pace myself so that I can enjoy the end. It completely throws me off when I think I have an eighth of an inch of pages to go only to find out that it is just end of book fluff and my real book has suddenly ended.
Unfortunately, it is. I might be wrong, but I don't think Nora Roberts writes all of hers, either, what with the J.D. Robb books on top of all the others. I'd be surprised if Danielle Steel did, too. I haven't read a book by either in 15, 20 years. They all sound the same after a while.
Nora Roberts writes all of them. She writes every day 8 to 5, she writes on vacations, she never stops writing as far as I can figure it lol.
Please don't be mislead by the many many re-releases of her really old series stuff by Harlequin/Silhouette. Her newer books have the NR seal on the front. There are two JD Robb books every year, a hardcover stand-alone novel, and whatever volume of the trilogy or quartet she's in the middle of, every six months.
And this leads me into...why don't publishers put a little note on the front of reprints. Like "An old favorite brought to you again" or "Third in the successful series written by Famous Author"
It's so annoying to try a new-to-me author, only to find out this is the middle of a series, but the first books are out of print. This happens a great deal in SF/Fantasy.
Self-publishing. 99.9% of it is shlock. The remaining .1% is shlock that somehow managed to sell, like 50 Shades of Garbage.
^This.
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Yes, too many famous "authors" have given up writing and just become a "franchise."
^This.
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I hate paperbacks that include 30 pages of book reviews, author chat, sneak peak at the author's book..... at the end of the book. As I'm nearing the end of a book I try to pace myself so that I can enjoy the end. It completely throws me off when I think I have an eighth of an inch of pages to go only to find out that it is just end of book fluff and my real book has suddenly ended.
^And usually this. Sometimes I've been pleasantly surprised in by an afterward.
Dummies books don't bother me - Chicken Soup books bother the crap out of me. Or maybe it is people who think Chicken Soup books make good gifts as a kind of generic thing to get for someone who reads. Although I would be gracious of course. But the books still bother the crap out of me.
Oh, and strangely garish, out-of-place book covers that bear no resemblance to what is written in the book itself.
One more thing - Classic children's books like Ramona the Pest, with classic illustrations that are then republished with a cartoony, poorly done cover that doesn't reflect the character nearly as well as the original illustrations did.
Books that have obvious inaccuracies regarding things like locations and settings.
Agree!! Also when character names are incorrectly used. Reading one now where what is happening is related to the male character but given the female character's name.
I also hate when people dog ear the pages instead of using bookmarks. There are so many awesome bookmarks out there and so many other options to use for a bookmark rather than doing that. Seriously, find a picture not in a frame and use it, use a receipt, a recipe card, something!
I actually like all the extras at the beginning or end of a book --- a new Intro by the author, an author interview, an excerpt from another book, etc. It's like the "Special Features" on a DVD.
To take that analogy a little farther...
If the extras in books were actually "special features" then I would like them (maps of the story, an interview with the author, book club discussion topics).
But I don't like coming attractions and comercials! Don't like them in books, don't like them on DVDs, but they seem to appear on both.
Quotes and reviews that appear on the cover and inside a book, but that aren't for THAT book, but some other book the author wrote. Then in small print it says that the quote was for the other book.
I also hate when people dog ear the pages instead of using bookmarks. There are so many awesome bookmarks out there and so many other options to use for a bookmark rather than doing that. Seriously, find a picture not in a frame and use it, use a receipt, a recipe card, something!
People who do that should be publicly flogged. You know it's the same people who deliberately crack a book's spine just to get it lay flat. How hard is it to rest something heavy enough to hold the pages down without permanently damaging it?
I hate books that don't come with a blurb describing the content, but merely list a series of quotes from reviews! How does that help me decide whetheror not to read it?
My ears are burning. I am a page-bender. That's how I find quotes that interest me, even years later. But I only bend the pages of books I own, if that helps prevent a public flogging of me.
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That's how I find quotes that interest me, even years later. But I only bend the pages of books I own, if that helps prevent a public flogging of me.
