on "International best sellers"..!!

I was in a book store looking for a book the other day, and I couldn’t find it as quickly as I hoped I would.. but something really caught my eyes there.. the volume of the self-help or self-development books available in the book shops or libraries.. I mean, darn..!! see how many books on that subject..!! thousands..!! and most of them really useless, if not all..! these kinds of books doesn’t really offer knowledge or science.. just “shoot your mouth off” kind of books with dazzling titles and burnished subjects, books like “how to be successful in…” or “the essentials of …” or “awaken the blah blah within…” or “how to..” or my favourite “50 or so ways to do such and such..” all these books target one group of people, and you can see this same group line up for a new book of the same subject.. EVERYTIME..! why..?

My question is:

If these books really help, why do you need to buy another one..? why do you keep looking and searching for solutions from these kinds of books.. when would you realize that these books are only money gigs..! the main and only reason that these authors write such crap is because they are in for the financial value of it.. not really helping their readers, except of course reducing the thickness of their wallets..!

This so called self development section depends always on the author’s own experience.. and there is no way you can validate its legitimacy.. the same way you’ll never guarantee the results of following their footsteps..

I can understand a fiction writer’s reason to write, or a novelist’s or even a biographer or an autobiographer.. you know what you expect from them, and if it interest you, you’ll buy their books, but these self-development author’s intention is as plain as the nose on your face.. what can they offer..? entertainment as in novels..? or historic or scientific knowledge as in biography or science books..?? no, they just trick you in their fancy book titles to bag some bucks out of your pocket..

millions of copies sold yearly..! if we take for granted that everyone read such books is getting benefit out of it or at least fulfill the book title, then by now, we should have better communities..! the world would be a better place.. whereas, its either the same or worse..

maybe there are few authors who write to motivate others.. maybe..! but, the rest are copycats, they saw how many millions those few authors made, and they try to do the same.. and we (readers) pay the price.. waste of time and money.. the last big crap was the book “The Secret”.. I never found so much BS in one place..! so many people liked it.. but, let me ask you this.. did it help you achieve something major, after you read it..? did it fulfill what it assumed it will do..?

just search and look for how much money those crap sellers make, and you’ll see why they keep writing sequels and follow ups..

I’m not talking out of envy or jealousy or even frustration.. no, am just a simple bloke who decided to abandon the public bandwagon..!!

Comments

Shahoodeh said…
*snickers at the word Bloke* Oh I do agree..I didn't like the Secret either. It didn't say anything wow!

Why men Love Bitches book on the other hand..although I'd only flip thru it if i saw it with a girl..I think this book needs to be taught in classes. Some girls need to learn some of what the book preaches...
30 September 2009 at 13:49
Shahoodeh said…
see anything wow*
30 September 2009 at 13:49
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