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Originally Posted by rkomar
They know exactly how many of each book they have lent out, so they have all the stats they need on overall borrowing habits right at their fingertips. I'm sure they can easily figure out what kind of books should be featured to drive up the borrowing rate.
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And what
exactly would that say about "what women read" or "what men read"? Unless, of course, women borrowing ebooks from Overdrive are entirely representative of "All Women Who Read Books"?
Even if we're talking simple majorities here, that's a far cry from the sweeping, insulting, stereotypical generalizations being slung around here willy-nilly.
You (rhetorical) want to say there's a large contingent of women who buy/borrow/read romance novels? Have at it. I won't argue. How could I? But the leap from that to "Women read for X and Men read for Y (or Women can't write Y well)" does not follow. Not even a little bit.