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by DanBC 4403 days ago
FORM OVER FUNCTION.

You have a fiction book. People will want to know what genre it is; what the reviews say; what it looks like; a sample chapter; where to buy it; publisher and ISBN and etc. If you're lucky they'll want to discuss it with other readers or to ask you questions.

If I'm in a bookshop and I see a book, and I websearch it there are a few things that happen.

1) I get a great website. I am more likely to buy the book.

2) I get a terrible website. I am less likely to buy the book.

A terrible website is one that does a bunch of stuff before I get to the information I need.