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Old 08-13-2013, 01:48 PM   #1
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The reader sample is relatively small but it's still food for thought.

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Old 08-13-2013, 10:48 PM   #2
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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.
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Given the close relationship between most ereaders and computers, I'm not surprised that most recommendations come from online communities.
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Old 08-14-2013, 03:16 AM   #4
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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 am not a deadtree panicker. Still, going to the local bookstore and skimming through book covers is one of my favorite past times.
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Old 08-14-2013, 05:55 AM   #5
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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).
Exactly the same for me. And it's also true with music.
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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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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.
To complicate things further, I get a fair few recs online from people who I know or I've met IRL. There's not really a classification for that in most surveys.
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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.
Definitely this. Some families converse through facebook and the like these days, so that would constitute an online rec.

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