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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But, if we didn't include one-offs, then that would skew the results and make them incorrect.
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And here I thought this was for fun.
I think in many cases "skew" could get hidden in the large middle range of six to 20. In my own case, just going after the low-hanging fruit, I've got Kobo, Amazon, Google, B&N, Sony, Borders, Books on Board, Fictionwise, i.e., the obvious ones, plus the University of Chicago. That puts me comfortably over six, yet even including various one-offs (or two- or three-offs) I can't imagine I'd go over 20. Done.
I'll add that of the above fruit, the only store that would be a dead loss to me if I hadn't backed up my books is Books on Board. All of my Borders and Fictionwise books transferred, to Kobo and B&N respectively, and about three-quarters of my Sony books. So if I had to start over again from scratch, most of my library could be reconstituted, absent the quarter of my Sony purchases, BoB and the few-offs. This is why I mostly don't bother to back up anymore, as the last stores standing are even less likely to do a midnight flit.