ice cold Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Among the more effective kinds of publicity that publishers can get for a new book is to have excerpts of it published in a high-circulation magazine soon before the book is published. The benefits of such excerption include not only a sure increase in sales but also a fee paid by the magazine to the book’s publisher. Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the information above? (A) The number of people for whom seeing an excerpt of a book in a magazine provides an adequate substitute for reading the whole book is smaller than the number for whom the excerpt stimulates a desire to read the book. (B) Because the financial advantage of excerpting a new book in a magazine usually accrues to the book’s publisher, magazine editors are unwilling to publish excerpts from new books. © In calculating the total number of copies that a book has sold, publishers include sales of copies of magazines that featured an excerpt of the book. (D) The effectiveness of having excerpts of a book published in a magazine, measured in terms of increased sales of a book, is proportional to the circulation of the magazine in which the excerpts are published. (E) Books that are suitable for excerpting in high-circulation magazines sell more copies than books that are not suitable for excerpting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi999_us Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Go with A If this was not true , the sales of the books couldn't have gone up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmaholic Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Diabolical Question! I've seen this one many times and i've seen splendid explanations as well! Just follow the links : http://www.urch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8099 http://www.urch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14814 http://www.urch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1052 http://www.urch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21991 Nice question! I just hope i dont get to see this (or anything like this) on my test! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramanathansankar Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 I chose D. I did see all the threads posted by karmaholic. I still cannot get convinced that A is the correct answer for it does not explain why the magazines would pay the publisher. I would go with D. D is the one that touches upon the reason why the magazine would pay the publisher and why the sale of books would increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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