In the blogs section there is a shortlist of finalists in the Flash-Fiction competition.
Three of the titles intrigued me. If you could only see the title of a novel, would that alone grab your attention?
In the blogs section there is a shortlist of finalists in the Flash-Fiction competition.
Three of the titles intrigued me. If you could only see the title of a novel, would that alone grab your attention?
I think I get drawn in by the title and cover, then read the blurb :D
I've been known to buy a book by title alone ('How To Be A Good Wife' by Emma Chapman was my last - brilliant book!)
Also buy on cover alone, without reading blurb, or checking quality of writing.
I realise that's a bit terrible.
For me it's always the blurb. The cover has to lure me in first of all but if the blurb turns me off and I look at the first few lines and don't want to read on, it could be called 'Read this and receive a million quid' and I probably wouldn't.
I would say a really bad title might stop me picking the book up, but a good title wouldn't help if the cover sucks.