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Originally Posted by pwalker8
But when I look over at my book shelves, I see a lot of books by the same publishers - Del Rey, Avon, Tor, Ace and Baen. It's likely not as important these days, especially for people who buy ebooks, but at one time, the publisher could be extremely influential.
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I just don't believe this to be true in general. It may have been for you. But someone noticing—after the fact—that many of the books on their shelves were published by the same houses does not suggest that the knowledge of said publishing house was influential, any in any way, with their decision to read said books.
I look at my shelves and notice that many of my books have covers whose colors primarily feature blues and greens. That certainly doesn't mean that the colors green and blue are extremely influential in my decision-making process. It means blues and greens were popular colors for covers when I was buying them.