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Adding Sneak peeks at end of book- Yes or No?
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Carla
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Oct 10, 2013 06:08PM
YES!! Add the chapter! It's free advertising. Personally I would stick to the series until it's done, then tag the first chapter of your next book onto the end of the last book in the first series. Confused yet? :) Whichever way you do it, I think you should definitely add the chapter.
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I have added sneak peeks to several books, and I always enjoy doing so. Even if the book is not related. Further, as a reader, sometimes I never would have continued a series if it weren't for the sneak peek. But make sure the sneak peek ends in a really good hook!
I agree that adding a sneak peak is a good idea. It is a clever way to "reward" a reader who has finished our book to consider another.
Adding the first chapter of a next book to the end of the first is a tried and true method of keeping readers in formed and interested. It is a fairly standard practice by authors like Janet Evanovich and Linda Lael Miller.
Add a sneak peek to a paperback, yes.Add a sneak peek to an e-book, no.
The sneak peak in a paperback is meant to incite the reader to go to the bookseller and order or buy the new book.
The sneak peak in an e-book will be considered 'padding' and has no use, since someone who just finished an e-book has the next e-book in a single click.
There has been a poll under kindle readers, most of them found the sneak peak annoying, because the content would be added to the book and that means the book ends at 80-90%, when the reader thinks the book will continue to the 99% mark.
With e-books, add a list of available titles with their blurbs. Don't even bother to link, since the reader who downloaded one of your books will know how to download the others.
I have two free stories (loss-leaders) which used to include a sneak peak of the first chapter of Reprobate. However, I removed them, since a free sample of Reprobate will give you the first FOUR chapters. What works better is to post the blurbs/pitches of your other books, so people know what they're about.
If you check this review of the short story Locked Room https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., you see instantly that the reader understood the purpose of the free book, and that the reader read the blurbs of the novels and wanted to check them out.
