Thanks! :) Now, when you say "reviews", what sort of reviews do you mean? Do you follow book review blogs (like "Trashy Bitches" and that kind of thing), or do you read reviews on personal blogs on your flist like the "Wednesday reading" thing, or is it from people you follow on Goodreads? Or something else entirely? Would you say one of those is more useful than the other ones?

(Sorry to bombard you with questions -- I hope it doesn't come across like a terrible QUESTIONSTORM ... I'm mostly just trying to figure out where I can best concentrate my "marketing" when I have a thing to market! And if you aren't sure about the answers or if it's just "it depends", that's okay too ...)

Also, I think there might be a little missing from the end of your comment ...?

I do the same thing with sampling, though for me it's generally via the library and/or free Kindle copies since a lot of series books have the first one for free or super-cheap. It's not very often that I'll buy a brand-new book from a new author without having read it first.