2007-11-20 06:23:28 · 6 answers · asked by divya_arcot 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
it has the Oprah stamp on it and i believe it has some book club questions at the end of the book.
i refuse to purchase a book that is stamped Oprah. it would make me crazy to think that somebody would think i was only reading the book because Oprah said so (lol).
2007-11-20 07:13:02 · answer #1 · answered by sounditout 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No difference in text.
I think that what happens is this:
Oprah chooses the next book club book. Oprah's people tell the publishers of the book. The publishers do a new run, because they have every reason to believe that the sales are about to go through the roof. They label this new run with the Oprah logo so that it can be easily identified by shoppers, even the ones who didn't see her announce the book.
Afterwards, the publishers may keep printing with the O logo, and/or go to another cover.
Like when Lord of the Rings was turned into movies, and for a while all the copies of the book had a pic from the movie on the cover. Now, that version is available, and so is a more traditional cover.
Edit: sounditout may be right about the questions at the end. I don't know, but I guess that might make what I said about no text change untrue.
2007-11-20 11:24:27 · answer #2 · answered by aggylu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Oprah probably gets a cut of the Oprah Book Club sales. There might be an extra forward or afterward in the book, or book club discussion questions added, but the text of the actual novel should be the same.
2007-11-20 06:42:46 · answer #3 · answered by theacrob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because it has the oprah bookclub on it.
2007-11-20 06:41:16 · answer #4 · answered by deb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A facade of greatness.
2007-11-20 06:37:01 · answer #5 · answered by all work and no play 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
probably the price
2007-11-20 06:31:32 · answer #6 · answered by menotyou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋