The Page 99 Test
Posted Under: Buying In (the book)
An unexpected bonus of the whole Buying In thing has been getting introduced to interesting online book-related projects. I mentioned Seen Reading in an earlier post. More recently I got a note inviting me to participate in The Page 99 Test, which was inspired by Ford Madox Ford’s assertion: “”Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you.” Here’s my bit.
Reader Comments
I have to say that your article on PBR in the Times back in–what–2003? interested me greatly, and I looked up your site and signed up for the Journal of Murketing emails. So I’d probably like page 99.
The idea is that that stuff is part of a bigger story. I hope you would like that bigger story, and point, rather than one page. But who knows.
Maybe I should have added an emoticon but I hate those things.
It’s on my reading list, and I’m sure I’ll enjoy it (all) as much as the column and the blog. Congrats on the good reviews.
Got it.
But if you don’t have time for the book, I’ll xerox p. 99 for you.
Emoticon here.
if you were to arbitrarily pick any page from the book, that’s not a bad one.