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another Amazon oddity
Every day I check out the list of best-selling books at Amazon.com. It’s a barometer to gauge how certain books are selling.
Once in a while a book will chart that just doesn’t seem to belong. Here’s the latest: the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition (Paperback) has been holding steady at #5 on the chart all day long.
Huh? I don’t get it? Is it new? No, it was published in July, 2001. Is it a back to school thing? Perhaps?
Can anybody offer some insight into why this book is suddenly selling?
Your thoughts on this matter would be appreciated. Who is buying this book??
Vick Mickunas
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By vick mickunas
August 24, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this
yay! thank you, for explaining this bizarre sales blip.By Barbara Delaney
August 24, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this
You were correct when you said it was a back to school thing. This book tells you how to write papers in the APA style which many programs now require. The Chicago style, which I think is superior, places footnotes at the end of a publication and is a very simple and clear method. The APA style which this book teaches uses parenthetical citations within the text. I’m sure many returning students are buying this book as dictated by the program they’re in and Amazon is probably cheaper than the college bookstore or they don’t have it at all.