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Originally Posted by hrosvit
And the reason I said that I brought up "recommendations from a social point of view" is because this entire thread started out as a discussion of books and social networking sites. It had absolutely nothing to do with publishing.
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Let me issue the following disclaimer: I was under the impression we were discussing what I would consider to be traditional forms of book recommendations - book clubs, advice from friends, book reviews, blogs, etc
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When you say things like "recommendations from a social point of view", that means that there are also recommendations from a point of view that isn't social, otherwise there would be no reason to specify "from a social point of view". Likewise, if you say "traditional forms of book recommendations", that means that there are also non-traditional ones.
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Originally Posted by hrosvit
Now that we've cleared that up, Wikipedia tells me that in 2010, a little less than 330,000 books were published in the US. I assume the vast majority have a synopsis included. Does anyone have any advice how I should sort through all these books that have been officially recommended to me?
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No, those recommendations are not meant specifically for you.
Also, if you think that books have nothing to do with publishing, then I'm not surprised that logic doesn't get through to you.