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Wednesday, February 11, 2004

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Andrew Sullivan seemed to think back in October 2002 that his blog's book club had made an impact. Maybe this should be our new game - by any means necessary get Hardiman Scott's "Secret Sussex" to the top of the Amazon ranking. It would help if they'd heard of it ofcourse. Maybe we'll have to get it republished first.

By the way, Christopher Hitchen's "Why Orwell Matters" has a current Amazon.com Sales Rank of 72,856. So Andrew Sullivan's impact has presumably worn off.

However, "Interpreter of Maladies" has a current Amazon.com Sales Rank of 954. Can this be explained solely by the fact that it is the book club blog's current book?

Although there is a snag. The Amazon.com Sales Rank does not appear to be a good indication of literary quality just look at whats currently at number 1.

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