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Originally Posted by hrosvit
I don't know how accurate this is. I have never, in my entire life, purchased and/or read a book based on a recommendation from another person. My tastes are my own, and even those people who have somewhat similar tastes often dislike the books I like, and vice versa. I listen to reviews/opinions on electronics, vehicles, etc., but never on books. Not exactly sure why.
I am, however, aware that other people often do purchase based on reviews or recommendations. I would be curious to see which camp has more campers.
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If you are not at all influenced by other people's opinions on books, then how do you winnow down the all the books? I'm skeptical that anyone is completely uninfluenced by other people's opinions of books. If that is actually true for you, then you are a decided minority. I'm not going to buy a book just because someone recommends a book, but depending on who that person is, their recommendation might persuade me to take a look at the book. It depends on the person, of course. My tastes are my own, but few if any person's tastes are totally unique. Some people's tastes are more akin to mine, and I give some weight to their recommendations. Other people have tastes so different from mine that I can only nod and smile at their recommendations.