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Q&A Impact of views about author on buying book

As a reader, I have found that when I disagree with an author's views or actions, this has influenced me not to buy their books. As an author, I therefore wonder whether readers generally view the...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Symbio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:51:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/25751
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Symbio‭ · 2019-12-08T05:51:23Z (almost 5 years ago)
As a reader, I have found that when I disagree with an author's views or actions, this has influenced me not to buy their books.

As an author, I therefore wonder whether readers generally view the work as completely independent from the author's personal views? And what if the book is semi-autobiographical? Do readers see the author as part-and-parcel with the book as it tells much about its creator?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-12-30T19:47:35Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 5