Comments on: Lies, damn lies and statistics http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/06/20/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/ Writing and publishing in the digital near-future Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Paul Watson http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/06/20/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Paul Watson Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:21:08 +0000 http://electricalphabet.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-89 It's good to see some real data from the various experiments with "freeconomic" models. The increase in sales at bricks-and-mortar outlets for "American Gods" is especially encouraging. It’s good to see some real data from the various experiments with “freeconomic” models. The increase in sales at bricks-and-mortar outlets for “American Gods” is especially encouraging.

]]> By: electricalphabet http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/06/20/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-87 electricalphabet Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:45:02 +0000 http://electricalphabet.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-87 Ha! Just because you were being cute I reached for the nearest book within arms length of my keyboard, which happened to be The Girl in the Glass by Jeffery Ford. For your edification, the fourth sentence on page 123 is "The days were beautiful and clear and the nights were long." I like browse-inside. I also like free chapters and I even support open-access free downloads. Anything that increases the book's - and therefore the author's - visibility and audience reach. P.S. Read The Girl in the Glass. Fabulous novel. Ha! Just because you were being cute I reached for the nearest book within arms length of my keyboard, which happened to be The Girl in the Glass by Jeffery Ford.

For your edification, the fourth sentence on page 123 is “The days were beautiful and clear and the nights were long.”

I like browse-inside. I also like free chapters and I even support open-access free downloads. Anything that increases the book’s – and therefore the author’s – visibility and audience reach.

P.S. Read The Girl in the Glass. Fabulous novel.

]]> By: tanaudel http://www.electricalphabet.net/2008/06/20/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-88 tanaudel Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:17:01 +0000 http://electricalphabet.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-88 I think the free browse-inside option is a very good idea, comparable to browsing through the books in a bookstore. I don't just walk in, pick up a book and leave. I read the blurb, read the first paragraph, flip through, look at some dialogue, sometimes check out the fourth sentence on page 123, etc. I want to know it will be worth my while. (I don't like the browse-inside options which are limited to only a few pages of the actual book plus front and back cover - it's not enough book to know what I'm getting myself in for). I think the free browse-inside option is a very good idea, comparable to browsing through the books in a bookstore. I don’t just walk in, pick up a book and leave. I read the blurb, read the first paragraph, flip through, look at some dialogue, sometimes check out the fourth sentence on page 123, etc. I want to know it will be worth my while.

(I don’t like the browse-inside options which are limited to only a few pages of the actual book plus front and back cover – it’s not enough book to know what I’m getting myself in for).

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