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Originally Posted by issybird
That already got the offerings down to a manageable level. But when faced with a large and amorphous selection, publisher can be a handy if crude tool to make some cuts.
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Possibly. But as I said, I just don't believe that to be very widespread behavior. I could be wrong, of course, but this:
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Originally Posted by issybird
Back when OverDrive allowed you to search based on publisher, I found that an extremely useful means of finding something to read when I wasn't looking for anything in particular. And I have no interest in genre at all, so that wasn't the qualifier. I was very sorry when that was discontinued during one of the upgrades.
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...leads me to believe that I'm probably not (the discontinuation).
I have no problem with people wanting to using a publishing house (or houses) as filters. I just don't believe it's very common (or all that useful) for readers to do so. In my world, discovery is about
inclusion, not
exclusion. Unless publishers were micro-focused on one very specific subject (nautical historical fiction; post-hegira political space thrillers; post-apoc western themed mystery, etc...) then filtering based on publisher wouldn't help me much. *shrug*