tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post6255417849047902665..comments2024-03-28T01:35:06.113-05:00Comments on Book Chase: An Overabundance of Books?Sam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-84684622467611711762007-05-11T07:34:00.000-05:002007-05-11T07:34:00.000-05:00I love the book photo. Bybee and I are going to be...I love the book photo. Bybee and I are going to be fighting over wallowing space :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-50396101621917394172007-05-10T18:44:00.000-05:002007-05-10T18:44:00.000-05:00There are many kinds of false pride, Nick, and I t...There are many kinds of false pride, Nick, and I think that the one you describe is one of the saddest of them all.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-46034620706264305822007-05-10T08:03:00.000-05:002007-05-10T08:03:00.000-05:00Sam...what really gets to me is some people seem a...Sam...what really gets to me is some people seem almost PROUD of the fact they never read a book! Weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-7064705523163645832007-05-10T07:50:00.000-05:002007-05-10T07:50:00.000-05:00I suppose that I shouldn't find it shocking anymor...I suppose that I shouldn't find it shocking anymore to go into a home and not see a single book on the shelves but it still gets me. I know people who haven't read a book in years...they say that all the reading they do at work burns them out. I don't think they have any idea of what they are missing.<BR/><BR/>It's a statistical fact that a relatively small percentage of the population buys Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-6424217703157305242007-05-10T05:22:00.000-05:002007-05-10T05:22:00.000-05:00''I'm constantly surprised by the fact that so few...''I'm constantly surprised by the fact that so few people that we know consider themselves to be readers''.................When I was 6 years old in junior school I visited a schoolfriend who was ill at home. He had asked me to get him a couple of books from the library. I remember being deeply shocked when he told me his parents did not have a single, solitary book in the house. I think there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-35651275294839155852007-05-09T21:10:00.000-05:002007-05-09T21:10:00.000-05:00Looks like we all better get busy if we're going t...Looks like we all better get busy if we're going to get published by 2052...I'll only be 104 years old then so I'll hope it's not going to be my first book. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-24070204809421395022007-05-09T21:03:00.000-05:002007-05-09T21:03:00.000-05:00My concern is that with the number of books being ...My concern is that with the number of books being published, it becomes harder and harder to weed out the good ones. <BR/><BR/>Although, as Matt said, maybe I have a chance at getting my books published! ;-)Janda/Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754631494233387294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-67377369887531660902007-05-09T18:42:00.000-05:002007-05-09T18:42:00.000-05:00I hear you, bybee. :-)I hear you, bybee. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-79566117909382106702007-05-09T18:37:00.000-05:002007-05-09T18:37:00.000-05:00I just want to lie and wallow in that huge pile of...I just want to lie and wallow in that huge pile of books...Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-50825236386361108392007-05-09T18:24:00.000-05:002007-05-09T18:24:00.000-05:00I suppose that the number of readers is establishe...I suppose that the number of readers is established through the usual kind of statistical analysis based on surveys and polls, etc. I'm constantly surprised by the fact that so few people that we know consider themselves to be readers. Some haven't read a book in years, others read only the most currently popular trash, and others are lucky to read four or five books a year (and they consider Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-77337029344351396382007-05-09T14:03:00.000-05:002007-05-09T14:03:00.000-05:00I have to admit, my first thought was, "Does that ...I have to admit, my first thought was, "Does that mean I have a better chance of having a book published?" Of course I would have to write one first.<BR/><BR/>This is interesting to think about, but I want to know how they determine the number of readers. Seems like that would be very difficult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com