04-24-2011, 05:42 PM | #1 |
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Those of us that do not read NY Times Bestsellers
With regards to my recent poll on the matter, to those of us who do not read NY Times bestsellers - Why do you not read bestsellers? I do not read them simply because they cost too much, I can see that some would not read them because there is noting on the list that is of interest.
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04-24-2011, 05:44 PM | #2 |
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I don't read books simply because it's a on a list. I got by recommendations and titles/authors/genres that interest me.
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I don't read them because they are on a list or are bestsellers. The books I read that are on the NYT Bestseller list I read because they interest me. I'm not going to limit what I read due to some book being on some list.
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I do not actively avoid NY Times Bestsellers, I just don't pay attention to lists. Its nothing more than that.
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I don't need to see what others are doing in order to decide what to do myself. I read what someone I know has recommended (and only then, if that person has proved that we have the same taste in books). If I have already read an author, I will check out their other works. Most times, I have no idea if the book was on a list somewhere or not, unless someone tells me or I see an article.
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It might be worth noting that Patterson and Clancy now write very few of the books with their names on them... small print usually says something like "in association with..." so they don't actually put out a book every six months to a year...
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04-24-2011, 08:37 PM | #10 |
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I used to think that if a book made the bestsellers list it must be good because it made it there. Thats before I learned that it was not necessarily true, they are just more expensive.
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They don't tend to be in genres that interest me. I don't specifically avoid NYT bestsellers, but they're not often recommended to me. I won't pay new prices for them (nor deal with DRM, which means I won't be reading any of them as ebooks), and the vast majority drop into obscurity as soon as they're not on the charts anymore.
They tend to be very mainstream. Either very much about the kinds of people and situations that I spend a lot of effort in my life avoiding, or about situations I find much more interesting--from the perspective of people I'd think of as boring & narrow-minded. Or worse, fascinating topics distorted & mangled by the attempt to keep them within mainstream interest ranges. They're not all like that; some stand out as good reads that stay with me. (Foucault's Pendulum. Anything by Bujold. American Gods. Other SF/F books.) Mainly, it's that the NYT Bestseller list is a warning flag of "don't bother reading this unless I get a recommendation from another source." Recs from other sources I trust that *also* make the NYT list are likely to be good; I'm not such an elitist that I think popular appeal means I won't like it. I just know that "my tastes" and "strong popular appeal" has a very small overlap. |
04-25-2011, 12:49 AM | #13 |
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I look at the list often but rarely if ever read books on it. Why ask why? The covers don't appeal to me I guess.
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04-25-2011, 03:31 PM | #14 |
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I read almost exclusively science fiction and fantasy and few of these make the best sellers list. I never look at any best sellers lists for recommendations, mine come from friends, picking a book up from the library and forums like this.
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04-25-2011, 04:13 PM | #15 |
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I pay no attention to any best seller lists. I read because the book interests me. I couldn't even tell you if I do read best sellers, unless I happen to have one in hand that states it on the cover.
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