What would attract you to read an introductory textbook in a field very far from your own? (I have a dream to write a kind of ‘Bayesian Botany in Your Backyard and Beyond’ introduction into plant ecology on some point later in my life, so if it comes true, I will also ask your opinion on it:)) well, here goes nothing.)
Curiosity makes you at least scan through a book to see if it’s worth reading. As to what makes a book interesting enough to read is a complicated subject :-) I’m sure many writers would dearly love to know :-D but there is no universal answer.
What would attract you to read an introductory textbook in a field very far from your own? (I have a dream to write a kind of ‘Bayesian Botany in Your Backyard and Beyond’ introduction into plant ecology on some point later in my life, so if it comes true, I will also ask your opinion on it:)) well, here goes nothing.)
Curiosity.
Also, practical necessity, of course.
Curiosity makes you pick a book, and necessity seek it out. But actually read? (And enjoy, I mean.)
Curiosity makes you at least scan through a book to see if it’s worth reading. As to what makes a book interesting enough to read is a complicated subject :-) I’m sure many writers would dearly love to know :-D but there is no universal answer.