But, this anecdote of the ebook era may not be all bad news for publishers.
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In every anecdote, study and historical bite, Hustvedt searches for clues to her own illness.
Sharing celebrity foibles is interesting, but signing a contract does not an anecdote make.
Now, do you see this as an anecdote or a tribute to traditional Hanukkah music?
With these and other sensors and sensemaking tools, the plural of anecdote can truly become data.
He shares a telling anecdote of the time a racist barber refused to cut his hair.
Dean noted that he is a fairly conservative Democrat, and included a funny anecdote.
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Two years ago, the anecdote was that California needed to become more like Texas.
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But some bike-users reject the idea that anecdote and mutual suspicion should drive policy.
But the plural of anecdote is called data, so I tried the experiment again.
Never misty-eyed, he keeps finding the right anecdote to support his view of American exceptionalism.
He also serves up by far the best anecdote about the real workings of state capitalism.
They are there, backed by research, brought to life by anecdote and are 100% sugar free.
He almost always has an anecdote to spice up even the most dry technical situations.
Too often this book lacks a tie-in between the striking anecdote and the supposed business lesson.
"To me this is no more than policy by prejudice, and analysis by anecdote, " he said.
But, liberally seasoned with anecdote and sensitively written, this book is a surprisingly good read.
In the early 1970s, Billy Connolly's anecdote-heavy, expletive-strewn stand-up shows were selling out venues in Scotland.
Mr Hebbert illustrates, however, that there is no necessary trade-off between analysis and anecdote.
In virtually every anecdote, Mr Denktash is besting the Greeks or fending them off.
Another anecdote among several: One night the hotel left a complimentary bottle of wine in our room.
In separate anecdote, Kennedy one night announced his opposition to a relatively popular amendment to a bill.
Of course, when I tried to confirm this anecdote with the label heads, not one would talk.
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At her best, Ms Sobel blends together anecdote, science and history in a confection of elegant prose.
There's little in the way of anecdote, and it looks like he's reading it off an autocue.
But, my favorite anecdote is the lesson I really got ingrained in my soul all these years later.
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Where Did It All Go Wrong repeats an infamous anecdote from Best's appearance on This Is Your Life.
Just often enough, once every dozen or so interesting facts, comes a splash of colour and a telling anecdote.
Share a funny story or anecdote so that they leave the conversation with a sense of who you are.
"We already suffer too much from what might be referred to as 'policy making by anecdote, ' " Andrew G.
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