by SB Sarah • Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 08:39 AM
What could be better or worse than 666? 999 - the total number of entries allowed by the tournament software. And we’re getting close to that number, much to our surprise and delight!
So heads up: bracket pick time ends tonight at 8pm EST - OR when we hit 999 entries, whichever comes first! As of 12:30 pm EST we had over 780 entries, so, in the words of philosopher and sage Larry the Cable Guy, “Arrange the completion of your tasks post haste!”
Voting will begin tonight - YES TONIGHT - at midnight EST at the DABWAHA Blog, and there will be sets of multiple polls running for twelve hours so as to make all the time zones happy. We’re sluts for your time zones like that. You can test the polls here and check that your bracket has been uploaded, too.
Any questions - let’s hear ‘em. It’s almost time for Round 1!
Behold, the results! First, this is hands down my favorite comment in response to “Tell me what store or buying option I forgot:”
Mostly, I buy at the drugstore/grocery store these days. But I’ve bought everywhere I checked above. Yes, I’ve even swiped books from the library, but never on purpose. More in the “oh, dear, so that’s where that book went” sort of way. But the most interesting place I’ve ever acquired a book was at a yardsale where I’d run out of money. I successfully negotiated a swap for the white fringed blouse I was wearing over a tank top, for an out of print Jo Beverley hardcover. Never liked that blouse, anyway.
Will strip for out-of-print hardcovers? That ROCKS. (Why have I never thought of that?!!)
So, without further ado, here are the results, in graphic form. If you’d like to see the complete data, you can view my report—it’s available to the public for viewing and download. You can also view the complete list of book buying options with the response totals. Please keep in mind, this is utterly NOT scientific and rests solely on my own penchant for being nebby. If you’re looking for those camera-shy dudes from PriceWaterhouse Cooper with some briefcases, they’re not here.
The most popular single option: Amazon.com, followed by used book store (any).
I was also fascinated by this graph: Which format do you buy?
There were also over 1500 responses in the “What did I forget?” category, including some that said, “I never buy books. I download from torrent sites,” and some that recommended specific bookstores across the country.
The results of book shopping location didn’t surprise me - I expected Amazon to be at the top if not in the top three. But I didn’t expect used bookstores to rank second ahead of Barnes & Noble and Borders. And the format question was fascinating because I wondered how much those results might shift in the coming year. Bear in mind, I didn’t limit that question to an “either/or” requirement - folks could select all the format options that applied to them, so if someone bought digital, print and audio books, they could select all three.
What do you think? Does anything about these results surprise you? Where’s the last place you purchased a book?
Pria and other kind folks have forwarded me this audio link to the BBC’s radio play of the week, Clarissa, by Samuel Richardson. The part of Robert Lovelace is read by Richard Armitage - which will send many hears a-fluttering.
It’ll only be available until 21 March, so listen and enjoy while you can!
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Oh, I saw the sample of Venetia…I just can’t buy it yet. It tells me, all prim, “Not until April!” Not that I don’t love my old audio copy of Venetia read by San Philips…but well. You know.…