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Ken Maltby · 06-20-2013, 01:47 PM

Hmm... I guess my standards are more subjective. When I am going through a large selection of books, online, at a bookstore, at the library, whatever, I am trying to find a book that I am sufficiently interested in, to buy it. I am not very much interested in rating the books by some measure of their "Quality", just if the book might be fun to read or provide useful information. Imperfection is not an issue. Relative measures like "Mediocrity" effect me, not at all. I certainly would like it if the majority of "mediocre" ebooks were ones that I enjoy. It must be very limiting, if the only books you want to read are the few (by definition) "Extraordinary" books that you can find.

I wonder if, for some of you, your motto might be: "Life is too short to ENJOY a mediocre book!"

Luck;
Ken

06-20-2013, 01:47 PM	#359
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	Hmm... I guess my standards are more subjective. When I am going through a large selection of books, online, at a bookstore, at the library, whatever, I am trying to find a book that I am sufficiently interested in, to buy it. I am not very much interested in rating the books by some measure of their "Quality", just if the book might be fun to read or provide useful information. Imperfection is not an issue. Relative measures like "Mediocrity" effect me, not at all. I certainly would like it if the majority of "mediocre" ebooks were ones that I enjoy. It must be very limiting, if the only books you want to read are the few (by definition) "Extraordinary" books that you can find. I wonder if, for some of you, your motto might be: "Life is too short to ENJOY a mediocre book!" Luck; Ken Last edited by Ken Maltby; 06-20-2013 at 01:59 PM.