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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
When you're browsing for books in store, and you pick up a copy to flip through the pages to see if it might be worthwhile, might it not be possible that someone's recommendation influenced you to take a look at that book?
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You mean like the voices in my head?
I'm not sure who else you're talking about. I really don't discuss books with people. I don't read reviews. I guess theoreticaly someone could be inserting sublimnal advertising into my various other media, but I'm not that paranoid. And, if they are, I mostly approve of their choices.
And, again, I don't think that saying that I am reading a book that was actually published qualifies as a recommendation by the publisher. If you want to claim that, I won't argue; I have no argument against that. If that's the case, then, yes, I do take recommendations in the form of the actual publishing of a book. But doesn't that mean that every book that has ever been published has been "recommended" to me, which puts me back in the exact same situation; deciding on my own what books to read?