"A lot of the people who read a bestselling novel, for example, do not read much other fiction. By contrast, the audience for an obscure novel is largely composed of people who read a lot. That means the least popular books are judged by people who have the highest standards, while the most popular are judged by people who literally do not know any better. An American who read just one book this year was disproportionately likely to have read ‘The Lost Symbol’, by Dan Brown. He almost certainly liked it."
—The Economist
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Popped over from Nicola Morgan's party, and this is the best first entry I've found from there so far. Love it.
Cheers,
Rebecca
http://elephantsontrapezes.blogspot.com
Excellent! Thank you for the visit! I shall pop over your way...
Interesting quote! And it explains a lot, doesn't it? (Sigh)
Lorelei, I am laughing out loud. My son (the non-reader) asked for one book for Christmas this year -- The Lost Symbol.
He's obviously reading the Economist!
Hahahahahahah (maniacal hysterical laughter). I love this quote - it explains a lot.
I couldn't believe it when Firefox offered it to me. What a quote! I'd done a blog post about that over a year ago. Of course, at the time I was arguing with an agent on her blog, so I'm no rocket scientist, but still...
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