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View Poll Results: What makes you pick up a book?
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Author Recognition
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28.57% |
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Interesting Cover Art
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Interesting Title
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33.33% |
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Recommendation
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04-22-2008, 01:34 PM
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Through the Looking Glass
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What makes you pick up a book?
When you are at a store/library/etc that sells or has books, what makes you pick one up over another?
Author Recognition
Interesting Cover Art
Interesting Title
Recommendation?
What is the most intriguing aspect to you when you see a new book?
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I may end up weighing 500lbs but I'll still find a way to pull it off sexily at the nudist colony. ~ysabel
>>> I now officially support Swift's Standout Member! (I lost a bet.)
You can't make accusations like that without evidence. I ashume that you have some? ~PD President
Counting down to New Year's Day:
Happy New Year's!
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04-22-2008, 01:38 PM
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Song, a feast for souls.
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Usually the title, but it's the blurb on the back cover that makes the final decision for me.
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"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." ~E.H.
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04-22-2008, 01:42 PM
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Through the Looking Glass
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I was going to make that an option but you can't technically read the blurb without first picking up the book. 
I agree though. I'll read that first but for me it's usually the title or the author. If it's by somebody I've read before I'm more inclined to pick it up.
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I may end up weighing 500lbs but I'll still find a way to pull it off sexily at the nudist colony. ~ysabel
>>> I now officially support Swift's Standout Member! (I lost a bet.)
You can't make accusations like that without evidence. I ashume that you have some? ~PD President
Counting down to New Year's Day:
Happy New Year's!
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04-22-2008, 01:45 PM
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meanie
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definitely author recognition.
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Anita: if she were in front of me i would punch her in the throat just b/c of the way she types
see? it's not just me.
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04-22-2008, 02:26 PM
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fairly unique
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All three that Hybrix mentioned, but my final decision is based on the summary, as Angel said.
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Winter: i need to start gettin some prostitution income
Himeko: Let me be your first customer!
Winter: lol i could never charge you
Winter: thats like charging chuck norris for him to beat you up
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04-22-2008, 02:30 PM
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The Original Kiwi
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The title is probably the highest on the list. Unless it's a kids book, then it's all about the cover art. Recommendations come next, but I don't have many of those that I go looking for.
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The Grow Your Own 1Up Mushroom does not come with any soil. You need to provide your own. It can be found on the ground, generally outdoors. - ThinkGeek
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04-22-2008, 02:38 PM
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I rant, therefore I am.
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I go by recommendations/author.
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04-22-2008, 02:55 PM
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Registered Member
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Author recognition and/or recommendations from friends/family
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04-22-2008, 03:00 PM
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/ˈɪzəˌbɛl/
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Author recognition first , and then the summary. I'd also be interested in a book with big publicity just to check out what the hype is all about.
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Coexisting gracefully with the unresolved. - GFisms Vegito ŕ Kimi: "But damn. Why's this so damn scary? This is worse than someone breaking into my house and chasing me with a knife."
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04-22-2008, 06:16 PM
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Registered Member
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Boredom, total boredom.
But on serious level, just the title and the description of the book.
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I don't need a bullet-proof vest, I've got a cross sitting on my chest!
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