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title: "Disintermediating the Bestsellers List"
date: 2002-04-17T12:35:24-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2002/04/17/ooooih/
author: Les Orchard
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# Disintermediating the Bestsellers List

<p>This looks like the kind of bestsellers list I would like to pay attention to: <a href="http://www.onfocus.com/bookwatch/">Weblog <span style='background : #FFFFCE;'><a href="http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/edit/Main/BookWatch?topicparent=Main.FilterData"><b>?</b></a><font color="#0000FF">BookWatch</font></span></a>.  I should also start noting what's in the stream of dead paper flashing before my eyes.  Let's see if any of these pop up on the bookwatch...</p>
<p>Currently reading:<ul><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802135358/0xdecafbad-20">Fool on the Hill</A></li><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738204315/0xdecafbad-20">The Cluetrain Manifesto</A></li></ul></p>
<p>Waiting on the shelf:<ul><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0192860925/0xdecafbad-20">The Selfish Gene</A></li><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738205435/0xdecafbad-20">Small Pieces Loosely Joined</A></li><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316346624/0xdecafbad-20">The Tipping Point</A></li></ul></p>
<p>On the shopping list:<ul><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738204420/0xdecafbad-20">Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So</A></li><li><A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465026567/0xdecafbad-20">Godel, Escher, Bach</A></li></ul></p>
<p>Some of these, like <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0192860925/0xdecafbad-20">The Selfish Gene</A> and <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465026567/0xdecafbad-20">Godel, Escher, Bach</A>, I've read before but have not yet actually owned.  Time to read them again and actually have them on my shelf :)</p>
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