Thread: Konrath and friends take on Turow
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Old 03-12-2012, 01:41 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by anamardoll View Post
I find that assertion interesting. Probably they were trying to contrast "bookstore browsing" with "internet searching" where in the former you waltz into a bookstore with a paycheck burning a hole in your pocket and in the latter you go to Amazon, search for a single title, buy and leave.

But it's silly because many people walk into bookstores for a single title, buy, and leave; and many people browse online stores for lots of titles.

Also, I continue to be frustrated that TradPubs think that everyone on earth is able-bodied, privileged, and geo-locationally ABLE to waltz into a mega-store any time they want. /side-rant

TL;DR: I doubt the veracity of this "study".
I browse on amazon all the time. I'll just click around looking at different titles, read reviews, maybe do some google searching on an author. More than I've ever done at a bookstore.
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