Shouldn't books have ratings too?

I'm surprised books don't have any ratings by now. Why is that? Books have very violent and sexual content too! Just because we don't 'see' it it doesn't count? Or does no politic care because books make a lot less money than movies and video games? :| I haven't read many (slowly getting into them lately) but I remember times my sisters being surprise of finding unwanted content in books they thought were clean. What do you think?

I only read comics and nuddy magz....

No, there were talks about this but it's dumb since books aren't as unified as movies and games. It'd be impossible to implement. Toriko42

I thought some books did have ratings? Or am I just going crazy? :?howlrunner13

[QUOTE="howlrunner13"]I thought some books did have ratings? Or am I just going crazy? :?Nerkcon

Hmm, that might have been what I saw. Guess I am going crazy.

[QUOTE="Nerkcon"][QUOTE="howlrunner13"]I thought some books did have ratings? Or am I just going crazy? :?howlrunner13

Hmm, that might have been what I saw. Guess I am going crazy.

Why do you care?Optical_Order

If anything the MPRS demonstrates why books shouldn't have ratings. It's not uncommon for movies to be rewritten or simply denied production because the studio wanted a lower rating to sell more tickets. Imagine if book publishers did the same thing to writers?

Also it might be difficult to enforce for very long. Some writers are actually using the internet to self publish now.

No. The thing with writing is that authers have diffrent styles that could appeal or not appeal to the rater. It is not like video games becasue there is more of a story and discripive feel to it.

It would be nice though. blah blah, by mr blah got an 9.7 rating, it would be awesome but it just would not work.

Perhaps you could consider copies sold or what makes the "top sellers" list a form of rating.