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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
You talked about Amazon reviews but when I mentioned publishers you said:
It sounds like at the time you thought that there was a difference between having a book recommended by the publisher of by an Amazon customer. Did you change your mind?
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No, I think you misunderstood me. I don't read Amazon reviews of books (or any other reviews of books). I contrasted this with the fact that I do extensively read Amazon reviews of other products (electronics, etc.).
You mentioned (and I'm paraphrasing from memory here, so excuse me if I'm changing your meaning) that by reading a book that has been published I am accepting the "recommendation" of the publisher. I stated that I think calling the act of publishing a "recommendation" is very tenuous. I later continued this thought by saying that if we accept the act of publishing as a "recommendation", then every single book that has ever been published has also been recommended to us, which means that this recommendation is worth absolutely nothing, and leaves us in the exact same position: trying to decide by whatever method we happen to use (recommendations from friends, interesting cover art, specific publishers, etc.) which books to read.