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Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone. Tashmere Send a noteboard - 18/06/2010 11:16:17 PM
Mainly antique books that have no blurb on the cover. If I want to analyze that I could guess that I was sold also on the wear and tear on the book. Sometimes those books that look like they have been read over and over again have been so for good reason.
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Titles or covers? Camilla - 18/06/2010 02:15:56 PM 887 Views
Title I guess random thoughts - 18/06/2010 02:29:14 PM 649 Views
More the cover. nossy - 18/06/2010 03:07:29 PM 647 Views
Probably title Myrdhyn - 18/06/2010 03:15:11 PM 592 Views
Nope Jacob - 18/06/2010 03:29:54 PM 668 Views
Re: Nope Camilla - 18/06/2010 03:45:55 PM 585 Views
Jacob - 18/06/2010 06:25:58 PM 621 Views
Re: Camilla - 18/06/2010 06:27:17 PM 588 Views
Indeed... Jacob - 18/06/2010 07:01:38 PM 675 Views
Re: Indeed... Camilla - 18/06/2010 07:05:01 PM 667 Views
Title if I had to choose, but unlikely I'd get an unheard-of book without a blurb. *NM* Legolas - 18/06/2010 04:17:23 PM 286 Views
Why don't you people want to play? Camilla - 18/06/2010 04:19:21 PM 642 Views
Okay, so the Martians come down and make you pick between McDonald's and Burger King. Tom - 18/06/2010 04:53:26 PM 598 Views
That is not a fair comparison Camilla - 18/06/2010 04:54:33 PM 576 Views
Yes it is. And you didn't answer my question. Why won't you just play the game? Tom - 18/06/2010 10:57:24 PM 638 Views
Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:00:41 PM 666 Views
Stop spelling it wrong! Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:15:29 PM 648 Views
I'm sorry. I don't often have reason to spell it. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:16:42 PM 600 Views
Re: I'm sorry. I don't often have reason to spell it. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:20:31 PM 664 Views
Well, in that case - titles. *NM* Tom - 20/06/2010 02:07:19 PM 280 Views
really you just never pick up a book ans say "what the hell I will read this one" random thoughts - 18/06/2010 05:49:05 PM 696 Views
Very rarely, and only in the library if that. Legolas - 18/06/2010 05:54:48 PM 615 Views
I found one of my favorite writers that way random thoughts - 18/06/2010 06:12:00 PM 645 Views
I agree. That was how I got hooked on fantasy. Sort of. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:21:41 PM 619 Views
Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:16:17 PM 578 Views
Re: Maybe the scenario is hard to imagine but I have picked up some treasures by title alone. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:17:52 PM 610 Views
No they don't. I have lost on several gambles. But I have had enough success that I keep trying. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 11:24:09 PM 624 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:25:10 PM 271 Views
The Aardvark is Ready for War. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:25:59 PM 658 Views
Re: The Aardvark is Ready for War. Camilla - 18/06/2010 11:28:55 PM 605 Views
Re: The Aardvark is Ready for War. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 11:53:57 PM 617 Views
Neither. I own too many books. Tom - 18/06/2010 04:52:30 PM 611 Views
I would cheat. callandor1000 - 18/06/2010 05:37:29 PM 657 Views
Huh. I suppose, since I have to choose, I'd go for cover. At least it would look pretty. Rebekah - 18/06/2010 05:56:43 PM 604 Views
I was noticing when I went to the public book sale that I am a title person. Tashmere - 18/06/2010 07:56:13 PM 594 Views
But I buy Playboy for the articles! *NM* Larry - 18/06/2010 08:02:52 PM 297 Views
Hmm, that's a toughy. It's really a toss of the dice; could go either way. I'd go with cover... lord-of-shadow - 18/06/2010 08:08:00 PM 671 Views
Neither would be the determinant factor for me... DomA - 18/06/2010 08:20:37 PM 704 Views
Now that's a reply Camilla - 18/06/2010 08:27:34 PM 728 Views
Re: Now that's a reply DomA - 18/06/2010 09:06:10 PM 689 Views
Re: Now that's a reply Camilla - 18/06/2010 09:12:19 PM 702 Views
Re: Now that's a reply DomA - 21/06/2010 05:00:07 PM 627 Views
Why? *NM* Jacob - 21/06/2010 05:19:20 PM 307 Views
Because Camilla - 21/06/2010 05:20:26 PM 632 Views
Author of a vastly Jacob - 21/06/2010 07:27:35 PM 637 Views
Re: Author of a vastly Camilla - 21/06/2010 07:28:20 PM 695 Views
Re: Author of a vastly DomA - 21/06/2010 11:55:15 PM 715 Views
Re: Author of a vastly Camilla - 22/06/2010 12:15:06 AM 711 Views
With nothing else to go on I'd say Title. *NM* j-whitt987 - 18/06/2010 10:27:24 PM 259 Views
Cover aria - 19/06/2010 12:30:44 AM 661 Views
Covers are there to stop you from buying books, if they are ugly. jh - 19/06/2010 05:34:22 AM 658 Views
Cover, I suppose. That's what grabbed me for Hyperion and Otherland. *NM* Craig - 19/06/2010 08:50:38 PM 437 Views
Fantasy books have notoriously bad covers. ajah - 20/06/2010 07:51:31 AM 594 Views
What about opening sentence or paragraph? Why isn't that an option? *NM* Tim - 20/06/2010 01:50:59 PM 269 Views
Because it is my survey Camilla - 20/06/2010 01:52:39 PM 631 Views
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