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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 712 Views
Title I guess random thoughts - 18/06/2010 02:29:14 PM 489 Views
More the cover. nossy - 18/06/2010 03:07:29 PM 480 Views
Probably title Myrdhyn - 18/06/2010 03:15:11 PM 436 Views
Nope Jacob - 18/06/2010 03:29:54 PM 493 Views
Re: Nope Camilla - 18/06/2010 03:45:55 PM 443 Views
Jacob - 18/06/2010 06:25:58 PM 459 Views
Re: Camilla - 18/06/2010 06:27:17 PM 415 Views
Indeed... Jacob - 18/06/2010 07:01:38 PM 511 Views
Re: Indeed... Camilla - 18/06/2010 07:05:01 PM 505 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 211 Views
Why don't you people want to play? Camilla - 18/06/2010 04:19:21 PM 475 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 437 Views
That is not a fair comparison Camilla - 18/06/2010 04:54:33 PM 416 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 483 Views
Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:00:41 PM 504 Views
Stop spelling it wrong! Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:15:29 PM 474 Views
I'm sorry. I don't often have reason to spell it. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:16:42 PM 437 Views
Re: I'm sorry. I don't often have reason to spell it. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:20:31 PM 487 Views
Well, in that case - titles. *NM* Tom - 20/06/2010 02:07:19 PM 215 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 525 Views
Very rarely, and only in the library if that. Legolas - 18/06/2010 05:54:48 PM 453 Views
I found one of my favorite writers that way random thoughts - 18/06/2010 06:12:00 PM 473 Views
I agree. That was how I got hooked on fantasy. Sort of. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:21:41 PM 451 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 444 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 452 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 446 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:25:10 PM 202 Views
The Aardvark is Ready for War. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:25:59 PM 485 Views
Re: The Aardvark is Ready for War. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:28:55 PM 466 Views
Re: The Aardvark is Ready for War. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:53:57 PM 461 Views
Neither. I own too many books. Tom - 18/06/2010 04:52:30 PM 444 Views
I would cheat. callandor1000 - 18/06/2010 05:37:29 PM 469 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 429 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 432 Views
But I buy Playboy for the articles! *NM* Larry - 18/06/2010 08:02:52 PM 229 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 493 Views
Neither would be the determinant factor for me... DomA - 18/06/2010 08:20:37 PM 517 Views
Now that's a reply Camilla - 18/06/2010 08:27:34 PM 538 Views
Re: Now that's a reply DomA - 18/06/2010 09:06:10 PM 523 Views
Re: Now that's a reply Camilla - 18/06/2010 09:12:19 PM 520 Views
Re: Now that's a reply DomA - 21/06/2010 05:00:07 PM 460 Views
Why? *NM* Jacob - 21/06/2010 05:19:20 PM 230 Views
Because Camilla - 21/06/2010 05:20:26 PM 466 Views
Author of a vastly Jacob - 21/06/2010 07:27:35 PM 456 Views
Re: Author of a vastly Camilla - 21/06/2010 07:28:20 PM 535 Views
Re: Author of a vastly DomA - 21/06/2010 11:55:15 PM 539 Views
Re: Author of a vastly Camilla - 22/06/2010 12:15:06 AM 540 Views
With nothing else to go on I'd say Title. *NM* j-whitt987 - 18/06/2010 10:27:24 PM 190 Views
Cover aria - 19/06/2010 12:30:44 AM 483 Views
Covers are there to stop you from buying books, if they are ugly. jh - 19/06/2010 05:34:22 AM 481 Views
Cover, I suppose. That's what grabbed me for Hyperion and Otherland. *NM* Craig - 19/06/2010 08:50:38 PM 298 Views
Fantasy books have notoriously bad covers. ajah - 20/06/2010 07:51:31 AM 424 Views
What about opening sentence or paragraph? Why isn't that an option? *NM* Tim - 20/06/2010 01:50:59 PM 203 Views
Because it is my survey Camilla - 20/06/2010 01:52:39 PM 459 Views
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