I read a book cover to cover last night. Something I don't do often as I don't usually have time.

A couple of notes:

I bought the book because of the Look Inside. It was advertised on BookGoodies and when looking for categories I often check out a book's sales page. This page didn't have the info I was looking for so I read the Look Inside. That gave me enough info that it stuck with me and after I was done scheduling posts for the day I actually went back to the book page and bought it. It was 3.99 and I normally only get ebooks that are 2.99 (sorry folks lol. I actually don't read very much for a variety of reasons.) So my point is that your Look Inside is your hook no matter what your price point is. Go read yours and see what your potential readers are seeing.

And this second note has been bothering me since I read it. There was a line where it talked about a hairdresser being "a spry 60 year old". That made me think that the author thinks 60 is "old". I am 63. I am not "spry". I am not old. That has stuck with me ever since I read it over 24 hours ago. That is the only thing in the book that took me out of the story.

I think with the number of baby boomers that are reading your books that are well over 60 this is something to think about in your writing. I know there are "old" 60 year olds but I don't know any. I do know "old" people in their 70s and 80s and I also know very "young" people in those same age groups.

Food for thought.

Deborah Carney
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