Your book, graphics, would pull me in enough to pick the book up. Your prelude artfully done, would pull me deeper into opening and scanning the story line. You skillfully passed with the best publishers, in the almost impossible task of getting readers to even notice the book among hundreds on the shelf. Then comes too more hurdles, get them to pick it up and open it. Then the prelude must pull them into delving further into the book for a brief taste of the story line and the author's writing skills. Provided your story is like Uncle Remus Tar Baby and they can't put the book down so they walk out the door after purchasing it. You have probably gained a dozen new readers from that one sale as they share the story after reading the book, with dozens of their friends. From then on, your name as the author, not the story title, will be the reason they pick up your books.
always,
Barb
We never know how much the world was changed by one individual who is as important in the total scheme of things, as much as Einstein, Marie Curie, Churchill, etc. But they did it softly, quietly, without history acknowledging them for their donation to our world.