Thread: How Ebook Buyers Discover Books
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Old 08-14-2013, 07:20 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by meeera View Post
Is it really so strange that recs from fellow online community users are used more than recs from family/local friends? I don't read the same kinds of books that my family reads, not even slightly. A lot of us find our "tribe" online based on a shared interest in particular kinds of books, and the sample was drawn only from people who use a book-related forum (mobileread).

I always laugh when deadtree panickers start shrieking "BUT HOW WILL PEOPLE DISCOVER BOOKS NOOOOOW?" Do any of us really have a shortage of TBR/wishlist books? My problem lies more along the lines that my current TBR+wishlist will last me at least five years.
I think myself that there are more online recs from fellow fans of a given author/band/etc. now days than in the case of a local friend or family member giving that recommendation. I mean there is a reason why people refer to "online social media" after all.
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