Comments on: The “Don’t Buy That Book” Meme

By: Lillie

Lillie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:57:53 +0000

Mig,
I’m sorry you didn’t get more participation. It was an interesting meme.

Thank you for the prize. I buy books for my Kindle at Amazon, but those are automatically charged to my credit card when I download them. I’m not sure how to use the gift certificate for downloads, so let’s do PayPal (lillie@lillieammann.com).

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:45:15 +0000

Lillie, the meme was not as successful as I hoped, despite the prize offered. There were only 2 participants: you and Bluestoking. Both of you came up with some very surprising choices and in my view you are both winners. I think it is only fair that you share the prize. How do you prefer your share? Amazon or PayPal? Please let me know. Mihaela Lica´s last blog post..Who Is Afraid of Wikia Search?

By: Lillie

Lillie — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:41:09 +0000

Lindsay,

Styles and tastes were certainly different in the past. As I mentioned, the books I have been most disappointed in have often been the classics. Glad to know I’m not the only one.

By: Lindsay@writing

Lindsay@writing — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:07:45 +0000

At the risk of sounding like a literary thug, I *usually* find classics tedious. Apparently they didn’t have editors or writers’ workshops back then.

I have a couple Seth Godin books and while I liked Purple Cow, I do feel that he often takes a paragraph and turns it into a book when the idea really didn’t need to be expanded beyond a paragraph.

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By: Lillie

Lillie — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:24:47 +0000

Andrew,

Excellent points. Interestingly, you’ve done a good job of describing how to write a book review as outlined in the book on reviewing I reviewed not long ago.