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Old 12-22-2010, 08:16 PM   #121
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I find a lot of the Goodreads votes are not based on what's actually best, but on fan wank. Like the best covers, Twilight was right up there in the top 10 and it's an awful cover.
You're thinking of Listopia, which is different. Of course the things that are most popular win, duh. But for the best books they've narrowed it down quite a bit, the nominees in each category are good choices.
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Old 12-22-2010, 10:52 PM   #122
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One has to assume that for a focus group the books were carefully selected.

All I know is that I see a lot of complaints from people who actually purchase from the BN.com store.
Except that it was a focus group ostensibly for Sony's Reader division.

But certainly you have a salient point. Nook owners will have a wider range of experience than myself.

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Old 12-23-2010, 12:49 AM   #123
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Except that it was a focus group ostensibly for Sony's Reader division.

But certainly you have a salient point. Nook owners will have a wider range of experience than myself.

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My mistake, I thought the focus group was on the Nook based on that original sentence of yours.

I've no doubt there are craptastic ebooks all over the marketplace. To be honest the best ones I've seen are here at MR.
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Old 12-23-2010, 04:40 AM   #124
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... I think the point is that Sony is sponsoring things.
And sponsoring is one of the ways of marketing a product.
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Old 12-23-2010, 06:59 AM   #125
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I don't think Sony needs much marketing for the Reader right now. With the screen production still limited to single manufacturer, they are already struggling to meet what demand is there.
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Old 12-23-2010, 05:14 PM   #126
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My mistake, I thought the focus group was on the Nook based on that original sentence of yours.

I've no doubt there are craptastic ebooks all over the marketplace. To be honest the best ones I've seen are here at MR.
Oh, no problem!

And I'm not surprised MR is producing the best "product." We're the ones doing the reading on these devices, and have the experience to know what we like and don't like. It's too bad the "professional" book producers aren't on a forum like this.

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