I think I need to take exception to the disclaimer on the image above: “Some titles may have had more copies printed than some of these books, but a vast number of those books were not sold, so we'll assume that they did not get read.”
Is it really accurate to assume that a free copy of a book is never read.
The original quote at http://www.squidoo.com/mostreadbooks is worded even stronger: "There are a few book titles that have had more copies printed than some of these books, but a vast number of those books were not sold, which of course means that they did not get read.
The disclaimer aside, do you suppose the point is how many were sold or how many were printed...or just a rough attempt to illustrate the high level of interest for each? Just wondering out loud...
Whether they all copies printed sold or not, the publishers had an expectation they might sell. The basis was probably the inferences from past sales. They would hardly be the first to fall short of absolute perfection in predicting buyer behavior.
I'd like to have a book on this list & when all the dust settles, might that have been the point? Just wondering... ;-)
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I think I need to take exception to the disclaimer on the image above: “Some titles may have had more copies printed than some of these books, but a vast number of those books were not sold, so we'll assume that they did not get read.”
Is it really accurate to assume that a free copy of a book is never read.
The original quote at http://www.squidoo.com/mostreadbooks is worded even stronger: "There are a few book titles that have had more copies printed than some of these books, but a vast number of those books were not sold, which of course means that they did not get read.
I think someone is manipulating the data here.
@George, thanks for your interesting remark. I also think that many people buy books and never read it. So I guess this is sort of illustrative.
The disclaimer aside, do you suppose the point is how many were sold or how many were printed...or just a rough attempt to illustrate the high level of interest for each? Just wondering out loud...
Whether they all copies printed sold or not, the publishers had an expectation they might sell. The basis was probably the inferences from past sales. They would hardly be the first to fall short of absolute perfection in predicting buyer behavior.
I'd like to have a book on this list & when all the dust settles, might that have been the point? Just wondering... ;-)
@Dirk, thanks for raising those questions out loud. :)
The original posting of the data has links for each book so you can buy a copy. The poster may get click through pay or a percentage of sales.
The author said he did "...a long project of research..." I only trust data if I can view the data. It is too easy to manipulate numbers.
I need to mention I left a similar comment on the original post. It has been removed.
@George, this is highly suspicious. I'm ready to file for damages. :)
Merce I am sure you would win the case. The guy has an agenda, not data.
@George, :)
Thanks for your investigation work.
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