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Re: Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone. Camilla Send a noteboard - 18/06/2010 11:17:52 PM
Mainly antique books that have no blurb on the cover. If I want to analyze that I could guess that I was sold also on the wear and tear on the book. Sometimes those books that look like they have been read over and over again have been so for good reason.


That is the situation where I mostly run into the problem as well. Old books. And it must be said they do not always live up to their promising names.
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Titles or covers? Camilla - 18/06/2010 02:15:56 PM 966 Views
Title I guess random thoughts - 18/06/2010 02:29:14 PM 722 Views
More the cover. nossy - 18/06/2010 03:07:29 PM 724 Views
Probably title Myrdhyn - 18/06/2010 03:15:11 PM 659 Views
Nope Jacob - 18/06/2010 03:29:54 PM 736 Views
Re: Nope Camilla - 18/06/2010 03:45:55 PM 668 Views
Jacob - 18/06/2010 06:25:58 PM 697 Views
Re: Camilla - 18/06/2010 06:27:17 PM 657 Views
Indeed... Jacob - 18/06/2010 07:01:38 PM 746 Views
Re: Indeed... Camilla - 18/06/2010 07:05:01 PM 735 Views
Title if I had to choose, but unlikely I'd get an unheard-of book without a blurb. *NM* Legolas - 18/06/2010 04:17:23 PM 315 Views
Why don't you people want to play? Camilla - 18/06/2010 04:19:21 PM 716 Views
Okay, so the Martians come down and make you pick between McDonald's and Burger King. Tom - 18/06/2010 04:53:26 PM 667 Views
That is not a fair comparison Camilla - 18/06/2010 04:54:33 PM 654 Views
Yes it is. And you didn't answer my question. Why won't you just play the game? Tom - 18/06/2010 10:57:24 PM 708 Views
Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:00:41 PM 732 Views
Stop spelling it wrong! Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:15:29 PM 721 Views
I'm sorry. I don't often have reason to spell it. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:16:42 PM 668 Views
Re: I'm sorry. I don't often have reason to spell it. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:20:31 PM 730 Views
Well, in that case - titles. *NM* Tom - 20/06/2010 02:07:19 PM 310 Views
really you just never pick up a book ans say "what the hell I will read this one" random thoughts - 18/06/2010 05:49:05 PM 769 Views
Very rarely, and only in the library if that. Legolas - 18/06/2010 05:54:48 PM 687 Views
I found one of my favorite writers that way random thoughts - 18/06/2010 06:12:00 PM 725 Views
I agree. That was how I got hooked on fantasy. Sort of. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:21:41 PM 692 Views
Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:16:17 PM 656 Views
Re: Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:17:52 PM 694 Views
No they don't. I have lost on several gambles. But I have had enough success that I keep trying. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:24:09 PM 687 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:25:10 PM 299 Views
The Aardvark is Ready for War. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:25:59 PM 736 Views
Re: The Aardvark is Ready for War. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:28:55 PM 683 Views
Re: The Aardvark is Ready for War. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:53:57 PM 679 Views
Neither. I own too many books. Tom - 18/06/2010 04:52:30 PM 686 Views
I would cheat. callandor1000 - 18/06/2010 05:37:29 PM 742 Views
Huh. I suppose, since I have to choose, I'd go for cover. At least it would look pretty. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 05:56:43 PM 671 Views
I was noticing when I went to the public book sale that I am a title person. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 07:56:13 PM 657 Views
But I buy Playboy for the articles! *NM* Larry - 18/06/2010 08:02:52 PM 330 Views
Hmm, that's a toughy. It's really a toss of the dice; could go either way. I'd go with cover... lord-of-shadow - 18/06/2010 08:08:00 PM 746 Views
Neither would be the determinant factor for me... DomA - 18/06/2010 08:20:37 PM 781 Views
Now that's a reply Camilla - 18/06/2010 08:27:34 PM 817 Views
Re: Now that's a reply DomA - 18/06/2010 09:06:10 PM 762 Views
Re: Now that's a reply Camilla - 18/06/2010 09:12:19 PM 776 Views
Re: Now that's a reply DomA - 21/06/2010 05:00:07 PM 700 Views
Why? *NM* Jacob - 21/06/2010 05:19:20 PM 337 Views
Because Camilla - 21/06/2010 05:20:26 PM 701 Views
Author of a vastly Jacob - 21/06/2010 07:27:35 PM 709 Views
Re: Author of a vastly Camilla - 21/06/2010 07:28:20 PM 767 Views
Re: Author of a vastly DomA - 21/06/2010 11:55:15 PM 804 Views
Re: Author of a vastly Camilla - 22/06/2010 12:15:06 AM 796 Views
With nothing else to go on I'd say Title. *NM* j-whitt987 - 18/06/2010 10:27:24 PM 287 Views
Cover aria - 19/06/2010 12:30:44 AM 736 Views
Covers are there to stop you from buying books, if they are ugly. jh - 19/06/2010 05:34:22 AM 739 Views
Cover, I suppose. That's what grabbed me for Hyperion and Otherland. *NM* Craig - 19/06/2010 08:50:38 PM 482 Views
Fantasy books have notoriously bad covers. ajah - 20/06/2010 07:51:31 AM 670 Views
What about opening sentence or paragraph? Why isn't that an option? *NM* Tim - 20/06/2010 01:50:59 PM 301 Views
Because it is my survey Camilla - 20/06/2010 01:52:39 PM 696 Views
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