If an author of a non-fiction book has a 'foreign' name would you assume it wasn't a book written for the UK market/ wouldn't apply to you so much?

[MNersanonymous]

I'm writing a non-fiction book and am really curious about this because I have a 'foreign' name (although I'm actually British - surname is dh's). Would you look at a say a self-help book, see a foreign sounding author's name and wonder whether it was a written from a British perspective or perhaps was from another country?
Either consciously or sub-consciously do you think it would affect whether you would buy it or not?

I prefer to buy books written from a British perspective in case of cultural differences.

I'm just curious as to whether this would affect things.

I would be more swayed by the other information - title, claims it makes etc.

What is your book about?

not at all

always look at cover blurb and skim through book before buying

that would make it clear where the author was from.

don't think i would mind if the author was foreign anyway, so long as they were talking sense!

but i have never read a self help book, if this is really the genre you are writing in.

no- would read the sleeve notes & back page.book title appeals more than author status/nationality. i also google or amazon reviews.

hth

Sounds like I'm being a bit paranoid then - thanks for the reassurance.

My first book is a guide to baby products. It comes out in the Autumn.
Only just started the second one....

My other book is a parenting title. Not that I've written it yet!

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hello!fabby took it to scotland recently and was fab.thanks