A good cover will definitely pull me in, or at least trigger my interest in reviewing the book's synopsis, if I haven't heard anything about it prior to seeing the cover. But a bad cover alone will not make me not read a book, since I mainly read in digital format or listen to the audio version anyway. A synopsis though can absolutely make it or break it for me. Most of the time these days I discover books from social media or friend recommendations, so I might still get the free version (the audio snippet or the first 20-30 "sample" pages) even if I'm on the fence after seeing the synopsis, but if it's something I found myself, I can totally skip it if I didn't like the summary or the reviews were overwhelmingly bad.
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Reply to Do you judge a book by its cover? What do you look at when deciding whether to rent or buy a book? by KittyLord0824
A good cover will definitely pull me in, or at least trigger my interest in reviewing the book's synopsis, if I haven't heard anything about it prior to seeing the cover. But a bad cover alone will not make me not read a book, since I mainly read in digital format or listen to the audio version anyway. A synopsis though can absolutely make it or break it for me. Most of the time these days I discover books from social media or friend recommendations, so I might still get the free version (the audio snippet or the first 20-30 "sample" pages) even if I'm on the fence after seeing the synopsis, but if it's something I found myself, I can totally skip it if I didn't like the summary or the reviews were overwhelmingly bad.